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(2)__The taxpayer's employer may subtract the amount
of contributions made by the employer to an
individual medical savings account established on the
taxpayer's behalf to the extent that the
contributions are not deductible under the Code.

 
Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §5164, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 708, §38,
is further amended to read:

 
1. Fiduciary adjustment defined. The fiduciary adjustment
is the net amount of the modifications described in section
5122, including subsection 3 if the estate or trust is a
beneficiary of another estate or trust, which relates to items
of income or deduction of an estate or trust. Income taxes
imposed by this State or any other taxing jurisdiction and
interest or expenses incurred in the production of income
exempt from tax under this Part deducted in arriving at
federal taxable income must be added back to the fiduciary
adjustment. Interest or expenses incurred in the production
of income taxable under this Part but exempt from federal
income tax must be subtracted from the fiduciary adjustment.

 
Interest income earned on a trust that is established as an
individual medical savings account pursuant to chapter 914 is
not included as income if the interest income is received on
obligations of a state, territory or possession of the United
States or a political subdivision of a state, territory or
possession that is located outside this State.__For such
interest income, interest earned by a trust that is
established as an individual medical savings account may be
subtracted from the adjusted gross income to the extent that
the income is included in the trust's Maine gross income
during the taxable year.

 
Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §5204-C is enacted to read:

 
§5204-C.__Nonqualified withdrawal from an individual medical

 
savings account

 
The tax imposed under this Part on any individual as a
result of a withdrawal of funds from an individual medical
savings account other than for the payment of eligible medical
expenses must be increased by an amount equal to 10% of the
amount withdrawn.

 
Sec. 8. 36 MRSA §5220, sub-§1, ķA, as repealed and replaced by PL
1987, c. 504, §33, is amended to read:

 
A. Who is required to file a federal income tax return
for the taxable year; or


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