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NMSA 1978 Chapter 7 — Taxation

NMSA 1978, § 7-2-39

Deduction from net income for certain dependents

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# A.

As long as the exemption amount pursuant to Section 151 of the Internal
Revenue Code means zero, a taxpayer who is not a dependent of another individual and files a return as a head of household or married filing jointly may claim a deduction from net income in an amount equal to the product of four thousand dollars ($4,000) multiplied by the difference between the number of dependents claimed on the taxpayer's return and one.

# B.

A taxpayer allowed a deduction pursuant to this section shall report the amount of the deduction to the department in a manner required by the department.

# C.

The deduction provided by this section shall be included in the tax expenditure budget pursuant to Section 7-1-84 NMSA 1978, including the annual aggregate cost of the deduction.

# D.

As used in this section, "dependent" means "dependent" as defined in Section
152 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Amendment history

Laws 2019, ch. 270, § 15; 2025, ch. 130, § 51.

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  1. 7-2-18.42 · Physician tax credit
  2. 7-2-19 · Repealed
  3. 7-2-20 · Information returns
  4. 7-2-21 · Fiscal years permitted
  5. 7-2-21.1 · Accounting methods
  6. 7-2-22 · Administration
  7. 7-2-23 · Repealed
  8. 7-2-24 · Optional designation of tax refund contributions
  9. 7-2-24.1 · Repealed
  10. 7-2-24.2 · Repealed
  11. 7-2-25 · Repealed
  12. 7-2-26 · Repealed
  13. 7-2-27 · Repealed
  14. 7-2-28 · Repealed
  15. 7-2-28.1 · Veterans' state cemetery fund; created
  16. 7-2-29 · Repealed
  17. 7-2-30 · Repealed
  18. 7-2-30.1 · Repealed
  19. 7-2-30.2 · Repealed
  20. 7-2-30.3 · Repealed
  21. 7-2-30.4 · Repealed
  22. 7-2-30.5 · Repealed
  23. 7-2-30.6 · Repealed
  24. 7-2-30.7 · Repealed
  25. 7-2-30.8 · Repealed
  26. 7-2-30.9 · Repealed
  27. 7-2-30.10 · Repealed
  28. 7-2-30.11 · Repealed
  29. 7-2-31 · Repealed
  30. 7-2-31.1 · 7-2-31.1
  31. 7-2-32 · Deduction; payments into education trust fund
  32. 7-2-33 · Repealed
  33. 7-2-34 · Deduction; net capital gain income
  34. 7-2-35 · Deleted
  35. 7-2-36 · Deduction; expenses related to organ donation
  36. 7-2-37 · 7-2-37
  37. 7-2-38 · 7-2-38
  38. 7-2-39 · Deduction from net income for certain dependents
  39. 7-2-40 · Deduction; income from leasing a liquor license
  40. 7-2-41 · 7-2-41
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