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B. If the personal representative makes an election pursuant
to section 4062, subsection 2-B, the personal representative
shall make such election on a timely filed return.__The
return must be in the form prescribed by the assessor and it
must be accompanied by a copy of the federal estate tax
return, if any, and other supporting documentation that the
assessor may require, including documentation related to an
election made pursuant to section 4062, subsection 2-B.

 
Sec. 4. Application. Those sections of this Act that repeal and
replace the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 4062,
subsection 1-A and section 4068, subsection 3 and enact Title 36,
section 4062, subsections 2-A and 2-B apply to estates of
decedents dying on or after January 1, 2005.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill allows for a special estate tax election at the
state level so that the estate of an individual with a surviving
spouse may fully fund the taxable estate with an amount equal to
the federal exclusion without changing the taxable nature of the
estate for Maine purposes.


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