LD 274
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employer is reasonably expected to employ on business
days in the current calendar year.

 
(2)__In determining the number of eligible employees,
companies that are affiliated companies or that are
eligible to file a combined tax return for purposes
of state taxation are considered one employer.

 
(3)__A group is not an eligible group if there is any
one other state where there are more eligible
employees than are employed within this State and the
group had coverage in that state or is eligible for
guaranteed issuance of coverage in that state.

 
(4)__An employer qualifies as an eligible group for
2-person coverage if the employer provides a carrier
with the following information demonstrating that the
employer's business and employees meet the minimum
qualifications for group coverage in paragraph C:

 
(a)__A copy of the most recent quarterly
combined filing for income tax withholding and
unemployment contributions, Form 941/CN1-ME;

 
(b)__For an employee claimed to be an employee
eligible for group coverage whose name is not
listed on Form 941/CN1-ME, a copy of the
employer's payroll records for the most recent 3
months showing tax withholding or a wage report
from a payroll company showing wages paid to
that employee for the most recent quarter with
tax withholding;

 
(c)__If an employer is exempt from filing Form
941/CN1-ME for group coverage, documentation of
that exemption and a copy of the employer's
payroll records for the most recent 3 months
showing tax withholding or a wage report from a
payroll company showing wages paid to that
employee for the most recent quarter with tax
withholding; or

 
(d)__If the name of the business owner or
employee does not appear on Form 941/CN1-ME, a
copy of one of the following:

 
(i)__Federal income tax Form Schedule C or
Schedule F;


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