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Page 1 of 2 An Act To Exempt Unemployment Benefits from State Income Tax LD 332 Title Page
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In the case of property expensed pursuant to Section 179 of
the Code, the term "recovery period" means the recovery period
that would have been applicable to the property had Section
179 not been applied; and

 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶T, as amended by PL 2003, c. 705, §12
and affected by §14, is further amended to read:

 
T. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1,
2002 and before January 1, 2004, an amount equal to the
total premiums spent for long-term care insurance policies
certified under Title 24-A, section 5075-A 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 certified under Title 24-
A, section 5075-A, as long as the amount subtracted is
reduced by any amount claimed as a deduction for federal
income tax purposes in accordance with the Code, Section
162(l) and by the long-term care premiums claimed as an
itemized deduction pursuant to section 5125.; and

 
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶U is enacted to read:

 
U.__Unemployment benefits.

 
Sec. 4. Application. This Act applies to tax years beginning on or
after January 1, 2005.

 
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble,
this Act takes effect when approved.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill exempts from income, for purposes of computing Maine
income tax, unemployment benefits, beginning January 1, 2005.


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