State-by-State Guide to Taxes

State levy of 5.5%.

Low:5.8% (on taxable income less than $21,450 for single filers; less than $42,900 for joint filers)

High: 7.15% (on taxable income of $50,750 or more for single filers, $101,550 for joint filers)

Effective tax rate: 5.8% for single filers, 6.04% for joint filers.

Gasoline: $0.3001 per gallon.
Diesel: $0.3121 per gallon.

In Maine, residents pay an average $1,424 in taxes per $100,000 of assessed home value.

Sales tax is due. An annual excise tax is also levied. The rate depends on a car’s age and value (set by the original MSRP, or window sticker price). Example: The owner of a three-year-old car with an MSRP of $19,500 would pay an excise tax of $263.

Cigarettes: $2.00 per pack
Snuff: $2.02 per ounce
Other tobacco products: 20% of wholesale price; that rate will rise to 43% in 2020 and also be levied on vapor products.

Beer: $0.35 per gallon
Wine: $0.60 per gallon.
Liquor: $5.83 per gallon
Maine directly controls the distribution and sale of alcohol. Liquor tax is an estimate by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States and published by the Tax Foundation.

8.93%

Maine decoupled from Federal law and set its 2018 estate tax exemption at the old federal limit: $5.6 million. Tax rates range from 8% to 12%. The exemption will be adjusted for inflation; an estimate of 2019’s limit is $5.712 million.

Anyone who grows, purchases, sells, handles or processes blueberries is taxed at a rate of $0.015 per pound of berries.