| (2)__The taxpayer's employer may subtract the amount of | contributions made by the employer to an individual | medical savings account established on the taxpayer's | behalf to the extent that the contributions are not | deductible under the Code. |
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| | Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §5164, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 708, §38, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Fiduciary adjustment defined. The fiduciary adjustment is | the net amount of the modifications described in section 5122, | including subsection 3 if the estate or trust is a beneficiary of | another estate or trust, which relates that relate to items of | income or deduction of an estate or trust. Income taxes imposed | by this State or any other taxing jurisdiction and interest or | expenses incurred in the production of income exempt from tax | under this Part deducted in arriving at federal taxable income | must be added back to the fiduciary adjustment. Interest or | expenses incurred in the production of income taxable under this | Part but exempt from federal income tax must be subtracted from | the fiduciary adjustment. |
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| Interest income earned on a trust that is established as an | individual medical savings account pursuant to chapter 923 is not | included as income if the interest income is received on | obligations of a state, territory or possession of the United | States or a political subdivision of a state, territory or | possession that is located outside of this State.__Interest | earned by a trust that is established as an individual medical | savings account may be subtracted from the adjusted gross income | to the extent that the interest income is included in the trust's | Maine gross income during the taxable year. |
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| | Sec. 8. 36 MRSA §5200-A, sub-§2, śL, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. | EE, §3, is further amended to read: |
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| L. An amount equal to the absolute value of any net | operating loss arising from a tax year beginning or ending | in 2001 for which federal taxable income was increased under | subsection 1, paragraph M and that, pursuant to Section 102 | of the federal Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of | 2002, Public Law 107-147, was carried back more than 2 years | to the taxable year for federal income tax purposes, but | only to the extent that: |
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| (1) Maine taxable income is not reduced below zero; |
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| (2) The taxable year is either within 2 years prior to the year | in which the loss arose or within the |
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