Maine Code § 36-5200-B

Corporate income tax nexus
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1. Nexus established. A corporation has nexus with this State, for the purposes of the tax imposed
under section 5200, if that corporation:
A. Is organized or commercially domiciled in this State; or [PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §2 (NEW);
PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §4 (AFF).]
B. Is organized or commercially domiciled outside this State, if the corporation's property, payroll
or sales, as calculated pursuant to subsection 2, in this State exceed any of the following thresholds
for the taxable year:
(1) For property, $250,000;
(2) For payroll, $250,000;
(3) For sales, $500,000; or
(4) Twenty-five percent of the corporation's property, payroll or sales. [PL 2021, c. 181, Pt.
E, §2 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §4 (AFF).]
[PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §2 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §4 (AFF).]
2. Property, payroll and sales defined; calculation. For purposes of this section, property,
payroll and sales are calculated as provided under chapter 821 and associated rules adopted by the
assessor, except that the sales calculation does not exclude sales of tangible personal property under
section 5211, subsection 14, paragraph B. For a taxpayer permitted or required to use a special
apportionment method under section 5211, subsection 17, the property, payroll and sales used to

determine nexus under this section must be consistent with the property, payroll and sales used for the
special apportionment method.
[PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §2 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §4 (AFF).]
3. Corporate partners. A corporation that holds an interest directly or indirectly in a partnership
has nexus with this State if the partnership is organized or commercially domiciled in this State or if
the partnership's property, payroll or sales, as calculated pursuant to subsection 2, in this State exceed
any of the thresholds in subsection 1, paragraph B.
[PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §2 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §4 (AFF).]
4. Federal protection. A state that is without jurisdiction to impose a tax on the net income of a
taxpayer because that taxpayer comes under the protection of 15 United States Code, Sections 381 to
384, does not gain jurisdiction to impose such a tax because the taxpayer's property, payroll or sales in
the State exceed a threshold established in subsection 1.
[PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §2 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 181, Pt. E, §4 (AFF).]

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