a return as a part-year resident in accordance with section 5224‑A is allowed a credit against
the tax otherwise due under this Part equal to $300 for each qualifying child and dependent
of the taxpayer for whom the taxpayer was eligible to claim the federal child tax credit
pursuant to the Code, Section 24 was claimed for the same taxable year, multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the individual's Maine adjusted gross income, as defined
in section 5102, subsection 1‑C, paragraph A, for that portion of the taxable year during
which the individual was a resident plus the individual's Maine adjusted gross income, as
defined in section 5102, subsection 1‑C, paragraph B, for that portion of the taxable year
during which the individual was a nonresident and the denominator of which is the
individual's entire federal adjusted gross income as modified by section 5122.
3-A. Part-year resident taxpayer; tax years beginning 2026 or after. For tax years
beginning on or after January 1, 2026, an individual who files a return as a part-year
resident in accordance with section 5224-A is allowed a credit against the tax otherwise
due under this Part equal to $300 for each dependent of the taxpayer for whom the taxpayer
was eligible to claim the federal personal exemption pursuant to the Code, Section 151 in
an amount greater than $0 for the same taxable year, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the individual's Maine adjusted gross income, as defined in section 5102,
subsection 1-C, paragraph A, for that portion of the taxable year during which the
individual was a resident plus the individual's Maine adjusted gross income, as defined in
section 5102, subsection 1-C, paragraph B, for that portion of the taxable year during which
the individual was a nonresident and the denominator of which is the individual's entire
federal adjusted gross income as modified by section 5122.
4. Limitation and Refundability; phase-out. The For tax years beginning before
January 1, 2024, the credit allowed by this section may not reduce the tax otherwise due
under this Part to less than zero. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, the
credit allowed under subsections 1, 1-A, 3 and 3-A is refundable. The amount of the credit
allowed by this section must be reduced, but not below zero, by $7.50 for each $1,000 or
fraction thereof by which the taxpayer's Maine adjusted gross income exceeds $400,000 in
the case of a joint return and $200,000 in any other case.
Sec. ZZZ-7. 36 MRSA §5403, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2017, c. 474, Pt. B, §20,
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
2. Standard deductions. In 2025 and each year thereafter, by the dollar amount
contained in section 5124‑C, subsection 1-B, paragraph A, subparagraph (1), except that
for the purposes of this subsection, notwithstanding section 5402, subsection 1‑B, the "cost-
of-living adjustment" is the Chained Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period ending
June 30th of the preceding calendar year divided by the Chained Consumer Price Index for
the 12-month period ending June 30, 2017;
Sec. ZZZ-8. 36 MRSA §5403, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 474, Pt. B, §24,
is amended to read:
7. Personal exemptions. Beginning in 2018 and each year thereafter, by the dollar
amounts contained in section 5126‑A, subsection 1, except that for the purposes of this
subsection, notwithstanding section 5402, subsection 1‑B, the "cost-of-living adjustment"
is the Chained Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period ending June 30th of the
preceding calendar year divided by the Chained Consumer Price Index for the 12-month
period ending June 30, 2017; and