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Graduated; top rate 7.15% (2026 brackets 5.8% / 6.75% / 7.15%; top bracket starts at $64,850 single / $129,750 joint).
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Maine statewide rule
5.5% general sales and use tax statewide (Maine Revenue Services rate schedule). Higher special rates apply: prepared food 8%, lodging 9%, short-term auto rental 10%, adult-use cannabis 10%.
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Maine's state excise tax on gasoline is $0.300 per gallon (30 cents). Maine Revenue Services' fuel tax rate table shows the gasoline rate at $0.300 since the rate effective July 1, 2011, unchanged in every period since (it was $0.284 from July 2008 and $0.295 from July 2009). No gas-tax suspension is in effect in Maine. The 18.4-cent federal gasoline tax is extra.
“Fuel Tax Rates — Tax Type: Gasoline — Effective 07/01/08 0.284; 07/01/09 0.295; 07/01/10 0.295; 07/01/11 0.300; 07/01/12 0.300; 07/01/13 0.300”
Read on Nov 11, 2026 from maine.gov.
Checked once · Nov 11, 2026
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No sales-tax holiday. Maine Revenue Services lists only three kinds of sales tax exemption — commercial, entity, and Pine Tree Development Zone — none of which is a date-based tax-free period.
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Locally administered — assessments and rates are set at the municipal level in Maine's 482 organized municipalities; Maine Revenue Services determines annual state valuations and serves as the assessor for the Unorganized Territory. Homestead Exemption and other state relief programs apply. Varies by town.
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"Grocery staples" — food products ordinarily consumed for human nourishment (produce, meat, fish, dairy, bread, canned and boxed foods) — are exempt. Taxable: candy and confections, soft drinks, bottled water, dietary supplements, snack foods (chips, granola bars), desserts/bakery items, and jerky; prepared food is taxed at the higher 8% rate.
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