Businesses
Government-funded
Varies
Amount varies
Tax Credit
Reduces tax liability
Rolling
No fixed cutoff
Annual tax return
Claim with year-end filing
Moderate
File with tax return
Mirrors the federal New Markets Tax Credit program with a 39% Maine income tax credit for qualified equity investments in Community Development Entities (CDEs) serving low-income Maine communities.
Do I qualify?
Answer the questions below for a rules-based self-assessment of your fit for this program. This is informational — final determinations are made by the administering agency.
1.Investment must be through a qualified Maine CDE
2.CDE must deploy capital in low-income communities (census tract LIC)
3.Credit: 39% of investment taken over 7 years
4.Investor must hold investment for full 7-year compliance period
5.CDE allocation from Maine Revenue Services required
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