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Sec. A-4. 36 MRSA §5111-A, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987, c.
819, §3, is repealed.

 
Sec. A-5. 36 MRSA §5111-C is enacted to read:

 
§5111-C.__Imposition and rate of tax

 
1.__Resident.__A tax is imposed for each taxable year
beginning on or after January 1, 2006 on the Maine taxable income
of every resident individual of this State.__The amount of the
tax is 6%.

 
2.__Nonresident.__A tax is imposed for each taxable year on
the Maine adjusted gross income of every nonresident individual.
The amount of the tax equals the tax computed under this section
and chapter 805, as if the nonresident were a resident,
multiplied by the ratio of the individual's Maine adjusted gross
income, as defined in section 5102, subsection 1-C, paragraph B,
to the nonresident's entire federal adjusted gross income as
modified by section 5122.

 
Sec. A-6. 36 MRSA §5160, as amended by PL 2003, c. 390, §35, is
further amended to read:

 
§5160. Imposition of tax

 
The tax is imposed, at the rates rate provided by section 5111
5111-C for single resident individuals, upon the Maine taxable
income of estates and trusts. The tax must be paid by the
fiduciary.

 
Sec. A-7. 36 MRSA c. 818, as amended, is repealed.

 
Sec. A-8. 36 MRSA §5217-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. JJ,
§4 and affected by §6, is further amended to read:

 
§5217-A. Income tax paid to other taxing jurisdiction

 
A resident individual is allowed a credit against the tax
otherwise due under this Part, excluding the tax imposed by
section 5203-C, for the amount of income tax imposed on that
individual for the taxable year by another state of the United
States, a political subdivision of any such state, the District
of Columbia or any political subdivision of a foreign country
that is analogous to a state of the United States with respect to
income subject to tax under this Part that is derived from
sources in that taxing jurisdiction. In determining whether
income is derived from sources in another jurisdiction, the
assessor may not employ the law of the other jurisdiction but
shall instead assume that a statute equivalent to section 5142


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