Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4105 – Personal representative’s liability for tax
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1. Payment of tax. The tax imposed by this chapter must be paid by the personal representative to the extent of assets subject to the personal representative’s control. The assessor may accept payment of estate taxes in works of art in accordance with Title 27, chapter 2, subchapter 2.
[PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. M, §9 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4105
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Personal representative: means a personal representative of a decedent or, if there is no personal representative appointed, qualified and acting within this State, any person who is in the actual or constructive possession of any property included in the federal gross estate of the decedent, any Maine elective property or any taxable gifts made during the one-year period ending on the date of the decedent's death. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4102
- Probate: Proving a will
- 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
2. Certification of payment. A final account of a personal representative of an estate may not be allowed by the Probate Court unless the personal representative has filed in the Probate Court a certificate of the assessor showing either that the amount of tax has been paid, that payment has been secured as provided in section 4108 or that no tax is due.
[PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. M, §9 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. M, §9 (NEW).