Date: 10/20/04
APPENDIX A
Property Tax Assistance for Individuals and Businesses
(Actual Expenditures Except Where Noted)
    "Circuit Breaker" Program   Personal Property Tax Reform (Business Equipment Tax Reimbursement or "BETR") Program  
Fiscal Year    Maine Residents Property Tax Program    Elderly Householders' Tax Refund* "Circuit Breaker" Program - Total 10 14 Elderly Property Tax Deferral Total Property Tax Assistance for Individuals and Businesses
       
### n/a n/a $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
### n/a n/a $0 $0 $0 $0
1986   $0 $0 $0     $0 $0 $0
1987   $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
1988   $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
1989 ** $2,734,463 $6,605,278 $9,339,741 $0 $0 $9,339,741
1990 ** $11,905,037 $7,421,829 $19,326,866 $4,947 $0 $19,331,813
1991 ** $12,028,543 $7,377,684 $19,406,227 $81,730 $0 $19,487,957
1992 ** $13,706,125 $7,489,178 $21,195,303 $130,377 $0 $21,325,680
1993 ** $15,217,495 $8,049,043 $23,266,538 $98,194 $0 $23,364,732
1994   $5,630,379 $5,608,325 $11,238,704 $118,097 $0 $118,097 $0 $11,356,800
1995   $5,512,892 $5,667,977 $11,180,869 $78,527 $25,886 $104,413 $0 $11,285,282
1996   $9,641,512 $4,734,872 $14,376,384 $89,995 $3,850 $93,845 $0 $14,470,230
1997   $10,029,527 $4,818,786 $14,848,313 $84,661 $0 $84,661 $4,710,377 $19,643,351
1998   $15,394,545 $5,085,801 $20,480,346 $32,768 $43,478 $76,246 $19,002,250 $39,558,842
1999   $17,837,705 $4,819,832 $22,657,537 $15,780 $39,881 $55,661 $30,751,838 $53,465,036
2000   $22,018,690 $0 $22,018,690 $0 $50,260 $50,260 $41,534,746 $63,603,696
2001   $21,554,415 $0 $21,554,415 $0 $43,373 $43,373 $51,520,163 $73,117,951
2002   $20,674,493 $0 $20,674,493 $0 $41,835 $41,835 $52,512,867 $73,229,194
2003   $21,634,010 $0 $21,634,010 $0 $40,155 $40,155 $12,881,066 $34,555,231
2004   $23,281,806 $0 $23,281,806 $0 $38,872 $38,872 $65,080,850 $88,401,529
2005 *** $24,742,857 $0 $24,742,857 $0   $40,000 $63,757,028 $88,539,885
* Elderly Householders' Tax Refund program was combined with Maine Residents Property Tax Program
beginning in fiscal year 2000.
** Source of "Circuit Breaker" data: Maine Revenue Services
*** Appropriated/Allocated or Budgeted Revenue reduction through 121st Legislature, 2nd Special Session