| | 3. No tax liability. In all cases where there is no a Maine | estate tax liability return is not required to be filed: |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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| | Sec. 44. 36 MRSA §4365, as amended by PL 2003, c. 705, §6, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 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. |
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| | Sec. 45. 36 MRSA §4365-E, sub-§§1 to 3, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, | Pt. SSSS, §2, are amended to read: |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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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