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Taxation

Provide for Exemption from the Sales Tax for Basic Needs Products and Offset the Loss of Revenue

Status: Defeated
- LD 1335
- Taxation
- Updated: May 26, 2022
Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Study Fair, Equitable and Competitive Tax Policy for Maine's Working Families and Small Businesses

Status: Defeated
- LD 966
- Taxation
- Updated: May 26, 2022
Combat Hunger by Creating a Tax Credit of 10 Percent of Wholesale Market Prices up to $5,000 Annually for Businesses Engaged in Food Production for Donations of Food to Tax-exempt Organizations

Status: Defeated
- LD 262
- Taxation
- Updated: May 26, 2022
Clarify the Funding for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory

Status: Defeated
- LD 808
- Taxation
- Updated: May 9, 2022
Change Maine's Tax Laws

Status: Passed
- LD 484
- Taxation
- Updated: May 9, 2022
Prevent Tax Haven Abuse

Status: Passed
- LD 428
- Taxation
- Updated: Apr 28, 2022
Relating to the Valuation of Retail Sales Facilities

Status: Passed
- LD 1129
- Taxation
- Updated: Apr 28, 2022
Reduce Errors in Employment Tax Increment Financing Benefits

Status: Passed
- LD 1156
- Taxation
- Updated: Apr 25, 2022
Provide Critical Communications for Family Farms, Businesses Investment in Broadband

Status: Defeated
- LD 80
- Taxation
- Updated: Apr 14, 2022
Amend the Tax Laws

Status: Defeated
- LD 392
- Taxation
- Updated: Mar 18, 2022
Improve and Update Maine's Tax Laws

Status: Defeated
- LD 276
- Taxation
- Updated: Mar 18, 2022
Make Technical Changes to the Tax Laws

Status: Passed
- LD 141
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 18, 2021
Excuse Certain Marketplace Sellers and Facilitators for Failing To Collect and Remit Sales and Use Taxes on Ammunition Sales

Status: Defeated
- LD 1362
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 17, 2021
Amend the Maine Exclusion Amount in the Estate Tax

Status: Defeated
- LD 1524
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 17, 2021
Reauthorize a 3 Percent Tax on Income over $200,000 To Lift All Maine Workers out of Poverty

Status: Defeated
- LD 498
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 17, 2021
Amend the State Tax Laws

Status: Passed
- LD 1216
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 14, 2021
Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax on Lodging and Other Goods and Provide Funding for Tax Abatement and Rental Relief

Status: Defeated
- LD 1342
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 10, 2021
Equitably Fund Maine's Climate Change Mitigation Efforts

Status: Defeated
- LD 1567
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 9, 2021
Create the Career and Technical Education Workforce Fund

Status: Defeated
- LD 1304
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 9, 2021
Conform the Maine Income Tax Law with Federal Law To Exempt Paycheck Protection Program Loans

Status: Defeated
- LD 288
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 6, 2021
Provide a Tax Break for Businesses That Employ People with Disabilities

Status: Defeated
- LD 168
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 6, 2021
Establish a Sales Tax Holiday To Help Maine Businesses Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Status: Defeated
- LD 1381
- Taxation
- Updated: May 31, 2021
Amend Maine's Corporate Income Tax by Increasing the Top Rate from 8.93 Percent to 12.4 Percent

Status: Defeated
- LD 501
- Taxation
- Updated: May 31, 2021
Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes

Status: Defeated
- LD 147
- Taxation
- Updated: May 23, 2021
Eliminate Taxpayer Subsidies for Discriminatory Employers

Status: Defeated
- LD 1598
- Taxation
- Updated: May 23, 2021
Support Frontline Workers by Adding a Temporary Tax Bracket Affecting High Earners

Status: Defeated
- LD 1677
- Taxation
- Updated: May 23, 2021
Bring Equity to Maine's Tax Law by Adjusting Certain Individual Income Tax Rates

Status: Defeated
- LD 1500
- Taxation
- Updated: May 23, 2021
Regarding Higher Income Tax Levels

Status: Defeated
- LD 1443
- Taxation
- Updated: May 23, 2021
Promote Fairness in Income Tax Rates by Making Them More Progressive

Status: Defeated
- LD 1136
- Taxation
- Updated: May 23, 2021
Lower Income Taxes for Middle-income Families in Maine

Status: Defeated
- LD 532
- Taxation
- Updated: May 23, 2021
Improve Income Tax Progressivity by Establishing New Top Individual Income Tax Rates

Status: Defeated
- LD 495
- Taxation
- Updated: May 23, 2021
Provide for Fairness in the Taxation of Extraordinary and Unearned Income by Establishing a 3 Percent Surcharge

Status: Defeated
- LD 570
- Taxation
- Updated: May 23, 2021
Relating to the Valuation of Certain Retail Property

Status: Defeated
- LD 2045
- Taxation
- Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Exempt from Sales Tax the Fee Associated with the Paint Stewardship Program

Status: Passed
- LD 1597
- Taxation
- Updated: Jul 20, 2018
Require Remote Sellers To Collect and Remit Sales and Use Tax

Status: Passed
- LD 1405
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 24, 2017
Prevent Tax Haven Abuse

Status: Defeated
- LD 784
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 18, 2017
A Tax Imposed Upon the Sale of Opioids

Status: Defeated
- LD 1600
- Taxation
- Updated: Jun 11, 2017

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