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3. No tax liability. In all cases where there is no a Maine
estate tax liability return is not required to be filed:

 
A. If the personal representative makes no election pursuant
to section 4062, subsection 2-B, the personal
representative, surviving joint tenant of real estate or any
other person whose real estate might be subject to a lien
for taxes pursuant to this chapter may at any time file with
the assessor in the form prescribed by the assessor a
statement of the value of the federal gross estate; and

 
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. 44. 36 MRSA §4365, as amended by PL 2003, c. 705, §6, is
further amended to read:

 
§4365. Rate of tax

 
A tax is imposed on all cigarettes imported into this State or
held in this State by any person for sale at the rate of 47 50
mills for each cigarette. Payment of the tax is evidenced by the
affixing of stamps to the packages containing the cigarettes.

 
Sec. 45. 36 MRSA §4365-E, sub-§§1 to 3, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439,
Pt. SSSS, §2, are amended to read:

 
1. Stamped rate. Cigarettes stamped at the rate of 37 mills
per cigarette and held for resale after September 30, 2001 are
subject to tax at the rate of 47 50 mills per cigarette.

 
2. Liability. A person possessing cigarettes for resale is
liable for the difference between the tax rate of 47 50 mills per
cigarette and the tax rate of 37 mills per cigarette in effect
before October 1, 2001. Stamps indicating payment of the tax
imposed by this section must be affixed to all packages of
cigarettes held for resale as of October 1, 2001, except that
cigarettes held in vending machines as of that date do not
require that stamp.

 
3. Vending machines. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this chapter, it is presumed that all cigarette vending machines
are filled to capacity on October 1, 2001 and that the tax
imposed by
this section must be reported on that basis. A


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