Title 36, Title 36

As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1983, c. 571, §5 (NEW).] 1. Net railway operating income. "Net railway operating income" means railway operating revenues, including debits and credits arising fr…

Every corporation, person or association operating any railroad in the State under lease or otherwise shall pay to the State Tax Assessor, for the use of the State, an annual excise tax for the privilege of exercising its franchises and the franchises of its leased roads in the S…

The amount of the annual excise tax on railroads shall be ascertained as follows: The amount of the gross transportation receipts for the year ended on the 31st day of December preceding the levying of the tax shall be compared with the net railway operating income for that year.…

Every railroad company incorporated under the laws of this State or doing business in this State shall file with the State Tax Assessor annually, on or before April 15th, a railroad excise tax return, on a form prescribed by the State Tax Assessor. The tax must be paid in equal i…

The Legislature finds that engaging in commercial forestry is a privilege that results in costs as well as benefits to the State and that persons enjoying that privilege should be subject to the tax imposed by this chapter. [PL 1985, c. 514, §2 (NEW).] The Legislature further fin…

An excise tax is imposed upon the privilege of using one's land in commercial forestry enterprise in this State. The tax shall be levied upon owners of commercial forest land and shall be apportioned according to the formula specified in section 2723‑A. The State, municipalities …

1. Calculation of fire control net costs. Annually by September 1 beginning in 1987, the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall certify to the State Tax Assessor the amount appropriated from the General Fund by the Legislature for the current fiscal year, in…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1985, c. 514, §2 (NEW).] 1. Adjusted acres. "Adjusted acres" means the total number of acres of commercial forest land owned by a person throughout the State redu…

This excise tax is due May 1, 1986, and each subsequent May 1st.

1. Returns. The State Tax Assessor shall prescribe and make available the required tax return. All owners of more than 500 acres of forested land, whether or not that land is commercial forest land, shall complete and file tax returns with the State Tax Assessor no later than Feb…

On or before September 1st of each year, the State Tax Assessor shall provide the Director of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry with information on the number of landowners filing tax returns in accordance with this chapter, in…

It is the Legislature's belief that mining for metallic minerals is an acceptable and necessary activity in the State. Mining results in economic benefits to the locality where it occurs, as well as to the entire State and the Nation. Those who conduct mining do so by their own i…

The Legislature makes the following findings. [PL 1981, c. 711, §10 (NEW).] 1. Mineral resources fundamental. Mineral resources are fundamental to modern civilization. 2. Mineral resources as economic wealth. Mineral resources have historically been a primary source of economic w…

It is the policy of the State to encourage the sound and orderly development of Maine's mineral resources. The object of this policy is to assure that the actions associated with development of these resources will: [PL 1981, c. 711, §10 (NEW).] 1. Expansion and diversification o…

An annual excise tax is imposed on a mining company for the privilege of conducting mining in the State and is in addition to any other tax imposed by this Title. [PL 2025, c. 469, §17 (NEW); PL 2025, c. 469, §44 (AFF).] 1. Annual excise tax. 2. Property tax exemption.

For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1981, c. 711, §10 (NEW).] 1. The code. 2. Commencement of mining. 3. Exploratory activity. 4. Facilities and equipment. 5. Gross proceeds. "Gross proceed…

The amount of the annual excise tax on a mining company is the mining company's gross proceeds multiplied by 0.05. [PL 2025, c. 469, §33 (NEW); PL 2025, c. 469, §44 (AFF).] 1. Tax on facilities and equipment. 2. Tax on gross proceeds.

1. Annual return. A mining company shall file, on or before the date the mining company's state income tax return is due to be filed, an annual return on a form specified by the assessor for each tax year. 2. Form and contents. The return must indicate: A. The tax due; [PL 1981, …

1. Accounting periods. The determination of a tax year is subject to the following. A. If a taxpayer's tax year is changed for federal income tax purposes, the taxpayer's tax year for purposes of the tax imposed by this chapter must be similarly changed. [PL 2025, c. 469, §35 (NE…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Allowable credits" means the total amount of payments by a taxpayer that have been or will be paid to the bureau prior to the date the payment aga…

Revenue from the excise tax imposed pursuant to this chapter must be distributed as follows: [PL 2025, c. 469, §40 (NEW); PL 2025, c. 469, §44 (AFF).] 1. Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund. Seventy-five percent of the revenue must be deposited in the Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund establ…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2001, c. 714, Pt. CC, §3 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 714, Pt. CC, §8 (AFF).] 1. Annual gross patient services revenue. "Annual gross patient services revenue" means gross …

Beginning July 1, 2002, in addition to all other fees and taxes assessed or imposed by the Maine Revised Statutes, a tax is imposed annually against each residential treatment facility and nursing home located in the State and calculated as follows. [PL 2003, c. 467, §5 (RPR).] 1…

1. Payment of estimated tax liability. On or before the 15th day of each month, each person subject to the tax imposed by this chapter shall submit to the assessor a payment of an amount equal to 1/12 of the person's estimated tax liability for the entire current state fiscal yea…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2001, c. 714, Pt. NN, §2 (NEW).] 1. Gross patient services revenue. "Gross patient services revenue" means gross charges, excluding any grants, donations or resea…

For state fiscal year 2002-03, a tax is imposed against each hospital in the State. The tax is equal to .135% of gross patient services revenue for the tax year as identified on the hospital's annual financial statement for that year on file with the Department of Health and Huma…

1. Return required. A person subject to the tax imposed by this chapter shall submit to the assessor a return on a form prescribed and furnished by the assessor and pay the tax by the 30th day following the effective date of this section. 2. Application of revenues. All revenues …

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2025, c. 2, Pt. II, §2 (NEW).] 1. Acute care hospital. "Acute care hospital" means an institution licensed as an acute care hospital by the department pursuant to…

For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2003, a tax is imposed against each hospital in the State. The tax is equal to .74% of net operating revenue for the tax year as identified on the hospital's most recent audited annual financial statement for that tax year. Delinquen…

1. Return required in state fiscal year 2003-04. For the tax due for state fiscal year 2003-04, a person subject to the tax imposed by this chapter shall submit to the assessor a return on a form prescribed and furnished by the assessor and pay the tax by the 30th day following t…

For state fiscal year 2010-11, an assessment is imposed against each hospital in the State. The assessment is equal to 0.12% of net operating revenue as identified on the hospital's most recent audited financial statement for the hospital's fiscal year that ended during calendar …

1. Return required. A person subject to the assessment imposed under section 2894 shall submit to the assessor a return on a form prescribed and furnished by the assessor. The assessment is payable in 2 payments. The first payment is due by September 30, 2010. The 2nd payment is …

1. Assessment. For state fiscal year 2012-13, an assessment is imposed against each hospital in the State. The assessment is equal to 0.39% of net operating revenue as identified on the hospital's most recent audited financial statement for the hospital's fiscal year that ended d…

This chapter shall be known as the "Gasoline Tax Act" and the tax therein imposed shall be known as the "gasoline tax."

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2009, c. 434, §37 (AMD).] 1. Distributor. "Distributor" means a person that imports internal combustion engine fuel into the State, produces, refines, manufacture…

1. Excise tax imposed. An excise tax is imposed on internal combustion engine fuel used or sold in this State, including sales to the State or a political subdivision of the State, at the rate of 30.0¢ per gallon, except that the rate is 3.4¢ per gallon on internal combustion eng…

This section establishes the percentage of gasoline taxes that are attributable to snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle and motorboat gasoline purchases and equitably distributes that percentage among the appropriate state agencies for the administration of programs and the enforcemen…

Every person that is a distributor, wholesaler, importer or exporter of internal combustion engine fuel in the State shall file an application for a certificate with the State Tax Assessor on forms prescribed and furnished by the assessor. A person may not sell or distribute inte…

Each distributor or importer paying or becoming liable to pay the tax imposed by this chapter shall be entitled to charge and collect at the rate per gallon set forth in section 2903 only as a part of the selling price of the internal combustion engine fuels subject to the tax.

1. Monthly reports. Every licensed distributor, wholesaler, importer and exporter shall file with the State Tax Assessor on or before the 21st day of each month a return stating the number of gross gallons of internal combustion engine fuel received, sold and used in the State by…

The retail dealer shall be entitled to a refund from the Treasurer of State for a portion of the tax paid to a distributor or importer, which tax shall be reported and paid to the State Tax Assessor by the distributor or importer pursuant to section 2906. The portion of the tax f…

A person that receives internal combustion engine fuel under circumstances that preclude the collection of the tax imposed under this chapter by the distributor, other than internal combustion engine fuel brought into the State in the ordinary standard equipment fuel tank attache…

A person who purchases and uses internal combustion engine fuel for any commercial use other than in the operation of a registered motor vehicle on the highways of this State or, except as provided in section 2910, in the operation of an aircraft and who has paid the tax imposed …

A person engaged in furnishing common carrier passenger service is entitled to reimbursement of the tax paid on internal combustion engine fuel used by that person in locally encouraged vehicles. For purposes of calculating reimbursement due pursuant to this section, internal com…

A person that buys and uses internal combustion engine fuel for the purpose of propelling piston engine aircraft and that has paid the tax imposed by this chapter on that fuel is entitled to reimbursement in the amount of the tax paid , less 4¢ per gallon, upon presenting to the …

Any government agency that buys and uses internal combustion engine fuel and that has paid a tax as provided by this chapter must be reimbursed in the amount of the tax paid upon presenting to the State Tax Assessor a statement accompanied by the original invoices showing the pur…