| | A tax is imposed on all cigarettes imported into this State or | held in this State by any person for sale at the rate of 47 mills | for each cigarette. Payment of the tax is evidenced by the | affixing of stamps to the packages containing the cigarettes. If | an individual purchases in any one month unstamped packages | containing cigarettes in a quantity greater than 2 cartons from a | person other than a licensed distributor or dealer, the tax may | be assessed directly against the purchaser by the State Tax | Assessor within 3 years from the date of the purchase. |
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| | Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §4384 is enacted to read: |
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| §4384.__Reporting and payment of tax |
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| | A person who is not a licensed distributor or dealer who | imports, receives or otherwise acquires unstamped cigarettes for | use or consumption in the State in a quantity greater than 2 | cartons in any one month from a person other than a licensed | distributor or dealer shall file, on or before the last day of | the month following each month in which unstamped cigarettes were | acquired, a return on a form prescribed by the State Tax Assessor | together with payment of the tax imposed by this chapter at the | rate provided in section 4365.__The return must report the number | of unstamped cigarettes imported, received or otherwise acquired | during the previous calendar month and additional information the | assessor may require. |
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| | Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 390, §31, | is further amended to read: |
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| B. An amount equal to the taxpayer's federal work | opportunity credit as determined under the Code, Section 51 | or empowerment zone employment credit as determined under | the laws of the United States Code, Section 1396; |
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| | Sec. 8. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶L, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, | c. 358, Pt. CC, §1, is amended to read: |
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| L. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2000 | and before January 1, 2004, an amount equal to the total premiums | spent for qualified long-term care insurance contracts as defined | in the Code, Section 7702B(b), as long as the amount subtracted | is reduced by the long-term care premiums claimed as an itemized | deduction pursuant to section 5125.__For income tax years | beginning on or after January 1, 2004, an amount equal to the | total premiums spent for qualified long-term care insurance | contracts as defined in the Code, Section 7702B(b), as long as | the amount subtracted is reduced by any amount claimed as a | deduction for federal income tax purposes in accordance with the |
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