Paychecks changed for Maine workers from Jan. 1, 2016

According to Maine Revenue Services (http://www.maine.gov/revenue/homepage.html), the withholding allowances for employee claims is $4,050 in year 2016. The  The Maine income tax rates range from 5.8% to 7.15% 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 2016 version. 

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http://www.halfpricesoft.com/2016/taxrate-Maine-2016.asp

• The old Maine Tax Tables can be found at:

http://www.halfpricesoft.com/2015/taxrate-Maine-2015.asp