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6.__Corporation.__"Corporation" means any business entity subject
to income taxation as a corporation under the laws of the United
States, except the following:

 
A.__A corporation that is subject to tax under chapter 357
or that would be subject to tax under chapter 357 if the
insurance business conducted by such corporation were
conducted in this State;

 
B.__A corporation subject to tax under section 5206; or

 
C.__A business entity referred to in Title 24-A, section
1157, subsection 5, paragraph B, subparagraph (1).

 
Sec. 26. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶K, as amended by PL 1999, c. 521, Pt.
C, §5 and affected by §9, is further amended to read:

 
K. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1,
1997, all items of income, gain, interest, dividends,
royalties and other income of a financial institution
subject to the tax imposed by section 5206, to the extent
that those items are passed through to the taxpayer for
federal income tax purposes, including, if the financial
institution is an S corporation, the taxpayer's pro rata
share and, if the financial institution is a partnership or
limited liability company, the taxpayer's distributive
share. A subtraction may not be made under this paragraph
for:

 
(1) Income of the taxpayer earned on interest-bearing
or similar accounts of the taxpayer at a financial
institution as a customer of that financial
institution;

 
(2) Any dividends or other distributions with respect
to a taxpayer's ownership interest in a financial
institution; and

 
(3) Any gain recognized on the disposition by the
taxpayer of an ownership interest in a financial
institution; and

 
Sec. 27. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶L, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 521, Pt.
C, §6 and affected by §9, is amended to read:

 
L. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2000,
an amount equal to the total premiums spent for qualified long-
term care insurance contracts as defined in the Code, Section
7702B(b), as long as the amount subtracted


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