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public assistance and relief, but not including relief granted
under this chapter. "Income" does not include the first $5,000 in
the proceeds from a life insurance policy, whether paid in a lump
sum or in the form of an annuity. "Income" does not include a
rollover from an individual retirement account, pension or
annuity fund or plan to an individual retirement account, pension
or annuity fund or plan even if the amount of the rollover is
includable in Maine adjusted gross income. "Income" also does
not include gifts from nongovernmental sources or surplus foods
or other relief in kind supplied by a governmental agency.

 
Sec. EEE-2. Application. That section of this Part that amends the
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 6201, subsection 9
applies to claims for benefits under the Maine Residents Property
Tax Program filed for application periods that begin on or after
August 1, 2005.

 
PART FFF

 
Sec. FFF-1. 36 MRSA §5200, as amended by PL 2001, c. 396, §35, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
§5200. Imposition and rate of tax

 
1.__Imposition and rate of tax.__A tax is imposed for each
taxable year at the following rates on each taxable corporation
or group of corporations that derives income from a unitary
business carried on by 2 or more members of an affiliated group:

 
If the Maine income is:The tax is:

 
Not over $25,000

 
$25,000 but not over $75,000$875 plus 7.93% of

 
excess over $25,000

 
$75,000 but not over $250,000$4,840 plus 8.33% of

 
excess over $75,000

 
$250,000 or more

 
excess over $250,000

 
In the case of an affiliated group of corporations engaged in a
unitary business with activity taxable only by Maine, the rates
provided in this subsection are applied only to the first
$250,000 of the Maine net income of the entire group and must be
apportioned equally among the taxable corporations unless those
taxable corporations jointly elect a different apportionment. The


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