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claim attributable to a net operating loss carry-back must relate
to a period for which net operating loss carry-backs are allowed.

 
37. It replaces a requirement that the Bureau of Revenue
Services provide a telefile application under the Maine Residents
Property Tax Program with a more general requirement for an
electronic filing option. The section also makes various
grammatical changes.

 
38. It consolidates 2 overlapping but inconsistent provisions
enacted in 2004 that exclude gambling equipment from
reimbursement under the BETR program.

 
39. It corrects the name of the Bureau of Revenue Services in
a statute providing for representation on the Multistate Tax
Commission.

 
40. It eliminates a requirement that the cost of outreach
activities intended to encourage participation in the Maine
Residents Property Tax Program must be paid from the amounts
appropriated for the program. There is no longer a specific
appropriation for the Maine Residents Property Tax Program.

 
41. It clarifies the definition of "nonprofit" in the sales
tax law.

 
42. It corrects a typographical error in the estate tax law.

 
43. Current law governing estate tax provides for a tax on
nonresident estates based on a state credit amount calculated on
the entire estate, multiplied by a percentage. The percentage is
equal to the ratio between tangible property located in the State
and the entire value of the estate. This bill clarifies the
language that describes this ratio.

 
44. Current law governing estate tax provides for an estate
tax based on federal state death tax credit and exclusion amounts
in effect before passage of the federal Economic Growth Tax
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. This bill clarifies that a
Maine estate tax return is required to be filed whenever the
federal gross estate, increased by the amount of adjusted taxable
gifts, exceeds the exclusion amount in effect prior to enactment
of that federal law.

 
45. It clarifies the pension exclusion in the State's
individual income tax law.

 
46. Public Law 2005, chapter 2, Part E, section 3 enacted
January 21, 2005 permanently extends the deadline for filing an
application for the Maine Residents Property Tax Program from


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