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payments constitute a portion of the purchase price of the
land is considered an installment sale, and for the purposes
of this subchapter the end of the holding period with respect
to the sale or exchange must be determined as of the date of
the agreement.

 
2.__Installment payment; due date.__Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the penalty under this
subchapter on any installment sale is due within 30 days of
the date of payment of each installment paid to the seller or
transferor.__Except for the first installment, the seller or
transferor may elect to file a return as part of the seller's
or transferor's Maine income tax return for any year in which
subsequent installments are paid or due and to pay the balance
of the penalty as part of the seller's or transferor's Maine
income tax, except that, if the seller or transferor elects to
file annual returns, interest may not accrue on any
withholding as provided by section 600-A, subsection 1.

 
3.__Penalty on installment payment.__In an installment sale,
the total amount of the penalty due under this subchapter is
the amount that would have been due had the total purchase
price been paid on the date the sale or exchange took place.__
The amount of the penalty due on each separate installment,
including the first installment, must bear the same proportion
to the total amount of the penalty due as the amount of that
installment bears to the total consideration.

 
§600-C.__Administration of penalty

 
1.__Administration; enforcement.__The State Tax Assessor
shall administer and enforce this subchapter and this penalty.__
The State Tax Assessor may issue, amend and withdraw from time
to time reasonable rules to assist in the administration and
enforcement.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are
routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375,
subchapter 2-A.

 
2.__Administrative provisions.__All the administrative
provisions of chapter 835, including those relating to the
collection and enforcement by the State Tax Assessor of the
withholding tax and the income tax apply to the penalty
imposed by this subchapter.

 
§600-D.__Sanctions

 
1.__Fine; imprisonment.__A person who willfully attempts to
evade the penalty imposed by this subchapter may be imprisoned
for not more than one year or fined not more than $10,000 or 5
times the amount of the penalty the person attempted to evade,
whichever is greater, or may be both imprisoned and fined.__
Any officer, employee, director, trustee or other responsible
person


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