Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1764 – Tax against certain casual sales
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1764
- 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.
- 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.
- Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, society, club, corporation, financial institution, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, assignee or any other group or combination acting as a unit, the State or Federal Government or any political subdivision or agency of either government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
- 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
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
The tax imposed by this Part must be levied upon all casual rentals of living quarters in a hotel, rooming house, tourist camp or trailer camp and upon all casual sales involving the sale of trailers, truck campers, motor vehicles, special mobile equipment, watercraft or aircraft unless the property is sold for resale at retail sale or to a corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or limited liability partnership when the seller is the owner of 50% or more of the common stock of the corporation or of the ownership interests in the partnership, trust, limited liability company or limited liability partnership. This section does not apply to the rental of living quarters rented for a total of fewer than 15 days in the calendar year, except that a person who owns and offers for rental more than one property in the State during the calendar year is liable for collecting sales tax with respect to the rental of each unit regardless of the number of days for which it is rented. For purposes of this section, “special mobile equipment” does not include farm tractors and lumber harvesting vehicles or loaders. [PL 2015, c. 300, Pt. A, §24 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 317, §2 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 49, §2 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 128, §2 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 769, §A155 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 508, §12 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 588, §C3 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 878, §A106 (RPR). PL 1991, c. 546, §23 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 281, §17 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 133, §2 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 518, §1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 12, §O3 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 12, §O5 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 218, §25 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 375, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 548, §17 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 331, Pt. C, §9 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 300, Pt. A, §24 (AMD).