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Absent fraud or intentional misrepresentation of a material fact by
the seller, the amnesty is fully effective as long as the seller
continues registration and continues payment or collection and
remittance of applicable sales or use taxes for a period of at
least 36 months. The statute of limitations for asserting a tax
liability is tolled during this 36-month period. The amnesty is
applicable only to sales or use taxes due from a seller in its
capacity as a seller and not to sales or use taxes due from a
seller in its capacity as a purchaser.

 
4.__Limitations on amnesty.__The amnesty under subsection 3 is
not available to a seller with respect to:

 
A. Any matter for which the seller has received notice of
the commencement of an audit, which audit is not yet finally
resolved, including any related administrative and judicial
processes; and

 
B.__Any sales or use taxes already paid or remitted to the
State or taxes collected by the seller.

 
Sec. 18. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1991, c. 824, Pt. A,
§73, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
3.__Food and food ingredients.__Sales of food and food
ingredients, other than prepared food.

 
Sec. 19. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§5 is repealed and the following enacted
in its place:

 
5.__Prescription drugs.__Sales of drugs for human use sold on
a doctor's prescription.

 
Sec. 20. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§5-A, as amended by PL 1975, c. 623, §57,
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
5-A.__Prosthetic devices.__Sales of prosthetic devices.

 
Sec. 21. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1999, c. 502, §§1 to
3 and PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is repealed.

 
Sec. 22. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§9-B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 657, §21,
is further amended to read:

 
9-B. Residential electricity. Sale and delivery Sales of the
first 750 kilowatt hours of residential electricity per month.
For the purpose of this subsection, "residential electricity"
means electricity and transmission and distribution


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