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applies in that jurisdiction. The credit, for any of the specified
taxing jurisdictions, may not exceed the proportion of the tax
otherwise due under this Part, excluding the tax imposed by section
5203-C, that the amount of the taxpayer's Maine adjusted gross
income derived from sources in that taxing jurisdiction bears to
the taxpayer's entire Maine adjusted gross income; except that,
when a credit is claimed for taxes paid to both a state and a
political subdivision of a state, the total credit allowable for
those taxes does not exceed the proportion of the tax otherwise due
under this Part, excluding the tax imposed by section 5203-C, that
the amount of the taxpayer's Maine adjusted gross income derived
from sources in the other state bears to the taxpayer's entire
Maine adjusted gross income.

 
Sec. A-9. 36 MRSA §5219-H, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c.
673, Pt. F, §1 and affected by §2, is amended to read:

 
§5219-H. Application of credits against taxes

 
1. Meaning of tax. Whenever a credit provision in chapter
822, other than section 5219-W, allows for a credit "against the
tax otherwise due under this Part," "against the tax imposed by
this Part" or similar language, "tax" means all taxes under this
Part, except the minimum tax imposed by section 5203-C and the
taxes imposed by chapter 827.

 
2. Meaning of tax liability. Whenever a credit provided for
in chapter 822 is limited by reference to tax liability, "tax
liability" means the tax liability for all taxes under this Part,
except the minimum tax imposed by section 5203-C and the taxes
imposed by chapter 827.

 
Sec. A-10. 36 MRSA §5219-N, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 557,
Pt. E, §1 and affected by §2 and Pt. G, §1, is amended to read:

 
A. An individual who is claimed as a dependent on another
individual's income tax return; and.

 
Sec. A-11. 36 MRSA §5219-N, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673,
Pt. JJ, §5 and affected by §6, is repealed.

 
Sec. A-12. 36 MRSA §5224-A, as amended by PL 1989, c. 596, Pt. J,
§5, is further amended to read:

 
§5224-A. Return of part-year resident

 
If an individual changes that individual's status as a
resident individual or nonresident individual during the taxable
year, the individual shall file a nonresident return pursuant to


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