An Act To Protect the Income of Service Workers
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶LL, as repealed and replaced by PL 2013, c. 588, Pt. A, §46 and affected by §47, is amended to read:
(1) For active duty service in the active components of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard by a service member whose permanent duty station during such service is located outside of this State; and
(2) For active duty service in the active or reserve components of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard or in the Maine National Guard by a service member in support of a federal operational mission or a declared state or federal disaster response when the orders are either at federal direction or at the direction of the Governor of this State; and
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶MM, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. TT, §8, is amended to read:
Upon the taxable disposition of property to which this paragraph applies, the amount of any gain or loss includable in federal adjusted gross income must be adjusted for Maine income tax purposes by an amount equal to the difference between the addition modification for such property under subsection 1, paragraph HH, subparagraph (2) and the subtraction modifications allowed pursuant to this paragraph.
The total amount of subtraction claimed under this paragraph for all tax years may not exceed the addition modification under subsection 1, paragraph HH, subparagraph (2) for the same property . ; and
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶NN is enacted to read:
Sec. 4. Application. This Act applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2015.
summary
This bill exempts from Maine income tax all tips included in federal adjusted gross income.