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Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §4064, first ¶, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. D,
§4, is further amended to read:

 
A tax is imposed upon the transfer of real property and
tangible personal property situated in this State and held by an
individual who dies prior to January 1, 2002 or after December
31, 2002 and who at the time of death was not a resident of this
State. When real or tangible personal property has been
transferred into a trust, the tax imposed by this section applies
as if the trust did not exist and the property was personally
owned by the decedent. Maine property is subject to the tax
imposed by this section to the extent that such property is
included in the decedent's federal gross estate. The amount of
this tax is a sum equal to that proportion of the federal credit
that the value of Maine real and tangible personal property taxed
in this State that qualifies for the credit bears to the value of
the decedent's federal gross estate. All property values under
this section are as finally determined for federal estate tax
purposes, except that for estates of decedents dying after
December 31, 2002 and before January 1, 2005 that do not incur a
federal estate tax, all property values are as finally determined
by the assessor in accordance with the Code as if the estate had
incurred a federal estate tax. The share of the federal credit
used to determine the amount of a nonresident individual's estate
tax under this section is computed without regard to whether the
specific real or tangible personal property located in the State
is marital deduction property.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill amends Maine's estate tax to conform to federal
provisions beginning in 2005.


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