An Act To Promote Efficiency in Food Pantry Operation
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§96 is enacted to read:
96. Used goods. Sales of used tangible personal property by a nonprofit organization when the profits from the sales of that property are used by that nonprofit organization to purchase food products and provide those food products to the indigent at no cost.
Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect October 1, 2015.
SUMMARY
This bill provides a sales tax exemption for sales of used goods by a nonprofit organization when the profits from those sales are used by that nonprofit organization to purchase food and provide that food for free to the indigent.