United States

Maine: what the state takes

Maine charges its own income tax on top of federal tax. Here is the rate, the return, the date and where the official rules live.

Agency page last read 11 September 2026.

A state map on a desk beside a stack of tax forms

State rate

Banded

2025 Maine bands, deduction matching the federal one

Resident return

Form 1040ME

Maine Revenue Services

Due

15 April, following the federal deadline

Weekends and holidays can push it on

Try a figure

Yearly income

How you file

Maine tax

$3,795

Top state rate you touch

6.75%

  • Kept before federal tax$57,353
  • Federal income tax$13,852
  • Maine tax$3,795
Two bills, not one. Federal is the same wherever you live, state is not.

Band by band

State deduction taken off first: $15,000. Taxed amount: $60,000.

  • $0 to $26,800 at 5.8%$1,554
  • $26,800 to $63,450 at 6.75%$2,241

Filing in Maine

Who collects it
Maine Revenue Services
Return
Form 1040ME
Deadline
Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Maine Revenue Services

Federal comes on top

Whatever your state does, the IRS wants Form 1040 by 15 April, plus Social Security and Medicare through your wages or self employment tax. State tax paid can sometimes be deducted federally if you itemise, within a yearly cap.