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5250-Q, subsection 6, including, but not limited to, a qualified
Pine Tree Recreation Zone business that is required to file a
combined report pursuant to section 5220, subsection 5, the Maine
income tax liability of the qualified Pine Tree Recreation Zone
business, and the affiliated members of its unitary group, if any,
upon which the credit provided for in this section must be
calculated based upon a pro forma determination.__The pro forma
determination must be based on the assumptions that all of the
business activities conducted by the qualified Pine Tree Recreation
Zone business and the affiliated members of its unitary__group, if
any, within this State constitute a unitary business and that only
the qualified business activity conducted in the Pine Tree
Recreation Zone is subject to tax imposed by this chapter.__The
portion of the tax liability of the qualified Pine Tree Recreation
Zone business and the affiliated members of its unitary group, if
any, related to the business activity conducted in the Pine Tree
Recreation Zone must be determined by use of a percentage, the
numerator of which is the property value and the payroll for the
taxable year directly attributed to the qualified recreation
business activity of the business and the denominator of which is
the statewide property value and payroll for the taxable year of
the qualified recreation business and the members of its unitary
group.

 
3.__Sole proprietors and owners of pass-through entities.__In
the case of a sole proprietor or the owner of a partnership,
limited liability company, S corporation, trust or other entity
that is treated as a pass-through entity for income tax purposes
under the Code, the amount of the credit allowed under subsection
1 is the amount of tax otherwise due under this Part that relates
to taxable income received by the sole proprietor or owner from
the qualified Pine Tree Recreation Zone business, as defined in
Title 30-A, section 5250-Q, subsection 8, as apportioned.

 
4. Limitation.__The credit provided by this section may not be
claimed for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019.

 
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble,
this Act takes effect when approved.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill establishes the Pine Tree Recreation Zone as the
area of the State north and east of the Androscoggin River.
Businesses that establish or expand within the Pine Tree
Recreation Zone operations involving outdoor recreation, such as
providing services or merchandise relating to guiding, hunting,
fishing, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling or water sports,


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