| (1) Describe the impact of taxes on major sectors of | the business and industrial economy relative to other | sectors; and |
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| (2) Describe the relative impact of each tax on | business and industrial sectors. |
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| C. When determining the overall incidence of taxes under | this subsection, the bureau shall reduce the amount of taxes | collected by the amount of taxes that are returned directly | to taxpayers through tax relief programs. |
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| | Sec. 9. 36 MRSA §707, sub-§2 is amended to read: |
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| | 2. Property of veterans. The value of the real property of | veterans, their widows, widowers and minor children not taxed; |
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| | Sec. 10. 36 MRSA §841, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL 1979, | c. 73, is amended to read: |
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| | 4. Veteran's widow or widower or minor child. | Notwithstanding failure to comply with section 706 or section | 1181, the assessors, on written application within one year from | the date of commitment, may make such abatement as they think | proper in the case of the unremarried widow or widower or the | minor child of a veteran, which if the widow, widower or child | would be entitled to an exemption under section 653, subsection | 1, paragraph D, except for her or his failure to make application | and file proof within the time set by section 653, subsection 1, | paragraph G, provided that the veteran died during the 12-month | period preceding the April 1st for which the tax was committed. |
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| | Sec. 11. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§1-B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 281, §11 | and affected by §42, is further amended to read: |
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| | 1-B. Automobile. "Automobile," for purposes of subsection 17- | A, paragraph H 17-B, means a self-propelled 4-wheel motor vehicle | designed primarily to carry passengers and not designed to run on | tracks. |
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| | Sec. 12. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§1-D, as amended by PL 1989, c. 847, §1, | is further amended to read: |
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| | 1-D. Casual sale. "Casual sale" means an isolated transaction | in which tangible personal property or a taxable service is sold | other than in the ordinary course of repeated and successive | transactions of like character by the person making the sale. | "Casual sales sale" include includes transactions at a bazaar, | fair, rummage sale, picnic or similar event by a civic, religious | or fraternal organization which that is not a |
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