1. General. The Maine adjusted gross income of a tribal member derived from or connected with sources on tribal land is the sum of the following amounts:
A. The net amount of items of income, gain, loss and deduction entering into the tribal member’s federal adjusted gross income that are derived from or connected with sources on tribal land including:

(1) The tribal member’s distributive share of partnership or limited liability company income and deductions derived from or connected with sources on tribal land determined following the methods for sourcing income to this State under section 5192, except that subsections 2 to 6 of this section and not section 5142 apply under section 5192, subsection 1;
(2) The tribal member’s share of estate or trust income and deductions derived from or connected with sources on tribal land determined following the methods for sourcing income to this State under section 5176, except that subsections 2 to 6 of this section and not section 5142 apply under section 5176, subsection 1; and
(3) The tribal member’s pro rata share of the income of an S corporation derived from or connected with sources on tribal land; and [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]
B. The portion of the modifications described in section 5122, subsections 1 and 2 that relates to income derived from or connected with sources on tribal land, including any modifications attributable to the tribal member as a partner of a partnership, shareholder of an S corporation, member of a limited liability company or beneficiary of an estate or trust. [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]

[PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 5132

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means any business entity subject to income taxation as a corporation under the laws of the United States, except the following:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 5102
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Maine adjusted gross income: means , for a resident individual, the federal adjusted gross income of that individual, as modified by section 5122. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 5102
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Tax: means the total amount required to be paid, withheld and paid over or collected and paid over with respect to estimated or actual tax liability under this Title, any credit or reimbursement allowed or paid pursuant to this Title that is recoverable by the assessor and any amount assessed by the assessor pursuant to this Title, including any interest or penalties provided by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Taxpayer: means any person required to file a return under this Title or to pay, withhold and pay over or collect and pay over any tax imposed by this Title. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Tribal land: means land within the Houlton Band Trust Land, the Passamaquoddy Indian territory or the Penobscot Indian territory. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Tribal member: means an enrolled member of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the Passamaquoddy Tribe or the Penobscot Nation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • 2. Attribution. Items of income, gain, loss and deduction derived from or connected with sources within tribal land are those items attributable to:
    A. The ownership or disposition of any interest in real or tangible personal property on tribal land; [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]
    B. A business, trade, profession or occupation carried on within tribal land; and [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]
    C. Proceeds from any gambling activity conducted on tribal land or lottery tickets purchased on tribal land, including payments received from a 3rd party for the transfer of the rights to future proceeds related to any such gambling activity or lottery tickets, except that proceeds from Maine State Lottery tickets, including payments received from a 3rd party for the transfer of the rights to future proceeds related to the lottery tickets, are not derived from or connected with sources on tribal land. [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]

    [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]

    3. Intangibles. Income from intangible personal property including annuities, dividends, interest and gains from the disposition of intangible personal property constitutes income derived from sources within tribal land only to the extent that such income is from property employed in a business, trade, profession or occupation carried on within tribal land.

    [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]

    4. Gain or loss on sale of partnership interest. Notwithstanding subsection 3, the gain or loss on the sale of a partnership interest is sourced to tribal land in an amount equal to the gain or loss multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing the original cost of partnership tangible property located on tribal land by the original cost of partnership tangible property everywhere, determined at the time of the sale. Tangible property includes property owned or rented and is valued in accordance with section 5211, subsection 10. If more than 50% of the value of the partnership’s assets consists of intangible property, gain or loss from the sale of the partnership interest is sourced to tribal land in accordance with the property and payroll factors of the partnership for its first full tax period immediately preceding the tax period of the partnership during which the partnership interest was sold. For purposes of this subsection, the property and payroll factors of a partnership are determined in accordance with chapter 821. This subsection does not apply to the sale of a limited partner’s interest in an investment partnership where more than 80% of the value of the partnership’s total assets consists of intangible personal property held for investment, except that such property cannot include an interest in a partnership unless that partnership is itself an investment partnership.
    If the apportionment provisions of this subsection do not fairly represent the extent of the partnership’s business activity on tribal land, the taxpayer may petition for, or the State Tax Assessor may require, in respect to all or any part of the partnership’s business activity the employment of any other method to effectuate an equitable apportionment to tribal land of the partner’s income from the sale of the partnership interest.

    [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]

    5. Deductions for losses. Deductions with respect to capital losses, net long-term capital gains and net operating losses must be based solely on income, gains, losses and deductions derived from or connected with sources on tribal land, under regulations to be prescribed by the assessor, but otherwise must be determined in the same manner as the corresponding federal deductions.

    [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]

    6. Apportionment. If a business, trade, profession or occupation is carried on partly within and partly without tribal land, the items of income and deduction derived from or connected with sources within tribal land must be determined as apportioned to tribal land according to the following methods:
    A. Except as provided in paragraph B, according to the methods for apportioning income to this State under chapter 821, except that instead of apportioning income to tribal land using the sales factor pursuant to section 5211, subsection 8, income is apportioned to tribal land by multiplying the income by a fraction, the numerator of which is the property factor plus the payroll factor and the denominator of which is 2; or [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]
    B. In the case of the rendering of purely personal services by a tribal member, according to the methods established in regulations to be prescribed by the assessor. [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]

    [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).]

    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. G, §5 (NEW).