North America

Maine Releases Notice to Lessors of Tangible Personal Property Concerning Shift to Lease Stream Sales Taxation

Bradley Feimer
January 22, 2025

Maine Revenue Services recently released a notice to lessors of tangible personal property (TPP) concerning the shift to lease stream sales taxation. The guidance provides further information as to rentals of certain motor vehicle rentals, sale price of lease and rental payments, as well as detailing the definition of TPP includes canned software. Specifically, that licenses of canned software qualify as taxable leases or rentals.

The recent notice may be found here.

Sign up for Email Updates

Stay up to date with the latest tax and compliance updates that may impact your business.

Author

Bradley Feimer

Bradley Feimer is Regulatory Counsel at Sovos. Within Sovos’s Regulatory Analysis function, Bradley focuses on domestic sales tax, international Value Added Tax, and Global Sales Tax. Bradley received a B.A. in English from The Ohio State University and J.D. at Suffolk University Law School. Bradley is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
Share This Post
See for yourself how the Sovos Compliance Cloud can meet your business' unique tax compliance challenges.
Start Here
© 2025 Sovos Compliance, LLC. All rights reserved.
Why Sovos?
Resources
About
Products
Indirect Tax Suite
Information Reporting and Withholding Suite
Specialty Products
Solutions
By Tax or Document Type
By Industry
By Team or Initiative
By Region