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reduced by any amount claimed as a deduction for federal
income tax purposes in accordance with the Code, Section
162(l) and by the long-term care premiums claimed as an
itemized deduction pursuant to section 5125.; and

 
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶U is enacted to read:

 
U.__For income tax years beginning on or after January 1,
2005, to the extent included in federal adjusted gross
income, the amount of qualified transportation fringe
benefit program reimbursement provided by an employer to an
employee under Section 132 of the Code.

 
Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §5200-A, sub-§2, ¶L, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt.
EE, §3, is further amended to read:

 
L. An amount equal to the absolute value of any net
operating loss arising from a tax year beginning or ending
in 2001 for which federal taxable income was increased under
subsection 1, paragraph M and that, pursuant to Section 102
of the federal Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of
2002, Public Law 107-147, was carried back more than 2 years
to the taxable year for federal income tax purposes, but
only to the extent that:

 
(1) Maine taxable income is not reduced below zero;

 
(2) The taxable year is either within 2 years prior to
the year in which the loss arose or within the
allowable federal period for carry-over of net
operating losses; and

 
(3) The amount has not been previously used as a
modification pursuant to this subsection; and

 
Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §5200-A, sub-§2, ¶M, as repealed and replaced by PL
2003, c. 479, §6, is amended to read:

 
M. A fraction of any amount previously added back by the
taxpayer to federal taxable income pursuant to subsection 1,
paragraph N.

 
(1) With respect to property first placed in service during
taxable years beginning in 2002, the adjustment under this
paragraph is available for each year during the recovery period,
beginning 2 years after the beginning of the taxable year during
which the property was first placed in service. The fraction is
equal to the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph N


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