Paychecks changed for Maine workers from Jan. 1, 2017
According to Maine Revenue Services (http://www.maine.gov/revenue/homepage.html), the withholding allowances for employee claims is $4,050 in year 2017. The The Maine income tax rates range from 5.8% to 10.15% and are levied on Maine residents’ income and non-residents’ income from Maine sources.
A phase out of the taxpayer's Maine standard deduction starts when annualized income reaches $70,000 for single taxpayers and $140,000 for married taxpayers filing joint returns.
EzPayCheck payroll software includes this changes in its 2017 version.
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- The new Maine 2017 Withholding Tables (Effective Jan 1, 2017) is available at:
http://www.halfpricesoft.com/2017/taxrate-Maine-2017.asp
- The old Maine Tax Tables can be found at:
http://www.halfpricesoft.com/2016/taxrate-Maine-2016.asp
