Articles https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/ Articles Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:49:14 +0000 LD 1655, An Act To Update References to the United State Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained... https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1655-an-act-to-update-references-to-the-united-state-internal-revenue-code-of-1986-contained/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1655-an-act-to-update-references-to-the-united-state-internal-revenue-code-of-1986-contained/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1655-an-act-to-update-references-to-the-united-state-internal-revenue-code-of-1986-contained/ Tue, 15 May 2018 13:00:00 -0400 An Act to Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes, Sen. Dow (R-Lincoln)

This bill

]]> LD 1805 An Act To Amend the Maine Tax Laws, Sen. Dow (R-Lincoln) https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1805-an-act-to-amend-the-maine-tax-laws-sen-dow-r-lincoln/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1805-an-act-to-amend-the-maine-tax-laws-sen-dow-r-lincoln/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1805-an-act-to-amend-the-maine-tax-laws-sen-dow-r-lincoln/ Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:00:00 -0500 LD 1805 An Act To Amend the Maine Tax Laws, Sen. Dow (R-Lincoln)

MTA supported this bill as it contains the same provisions as LD 1721--requiring

]]> LD 1721 An Act To Require Transient Rental Platforms To Register To Collect and Report Sales Taxes https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1721-an-act-to-require-transient-rental-platforms-to-register-to-collect-and-report-sales-taxes/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1721-an-act-to-require-transient-rental-platforms-to-register-to-collect-and-report-sales-taxes/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1721-an-act-to-require-transient-rental-platforms-to-register-to-collect-and-report-sales-taxes/ Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:00:00 -0500 LD 1721 An Act To Require Transient Rental Platforms To Register To Collect and Report Sales Taxes, Rep. Hilliard (R-Belgrade)

This bill expands the

]]> LD 390, Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-390-an-act-making-unified-appropriations-and-allocations-for-the-expenditures-of-state-governmen/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-390-an-act-making-unified-appropriations-and-allocations-for-the-expenditures-of-state-governmen/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-390-an-act-making-unified-appropriations-and-allocations-for-the-expenditures-of-state-governmen/ Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:00:00 -0400 The Governor's budget.

MTA Position: Opposes the lodging tax increasing to 10%

Opposes the sales tax expansion on a number of currently exempt

]]> LD 1405, Require Remote Sellers To Collect and Remit Sales and Use Tax on Sales into Maine https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1405/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1405/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1405/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:00:00 -0400 This bill permits persons that are required to register under Maine's sales and use tax laws to deduct and retain an amount equal to up to 2% of the

]]> LD 1522, An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1522/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1522/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1522/ Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:00:00 -0400 This bill allows a municipality to impose a local option sales tax if approved by referendum of the voters in that municipality. The referendum

]]> LD 493, Tax the Extraction of Water for Certain Commercial Purposes and Fund Water Quality Programs https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-493/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-493/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-493/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 09:00:00 -0400

This bill creates an excise tax of 1¢ per 25 gallons of groundwater or surface water extracted from springs or other underground sources in this

]]> LD 116, An Act To Increase Funding for Multimodal Transportation https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld116/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld116/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld116/ Thu, 11 May 2017 12:00:00 -0400 The original bill increases the sales tax on short-term rentals of automobiles, small trucks and vans from 10% to 15% to provide funding for

]]> LD 1550, An Act To Tax Sugar-sweetened Beverages To Fund Programs To Provide Resources for Veterans https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1550/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1550/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1550/ Thu, 11 May 2017 08:00:00 -0400

This bill establishes an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, including syrups and powders used to make sugar-sweetened beverages. Funds from the

]]> LD 1230, An Act To Allow a Local Option Sales Tax on Meals and Lodging https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1203/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1203/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1203/ Wed, 10 May 2017 12:00:00 -0400 This bill allows a municipality to impose a local option sales tax, which may be seasonal, on prepared food and short-term lodging of no more than 1%

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