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NMSA 1978, § 7-9A-8 — Claiming the credit for certain taxes
A.
A taxpayer shall apply for approval for a credit within one year following the end
of the calendar year in which the qualified equipment for the manufacturing operation is
purchased or introduced into New Mexico.
B.
A taxpayer having applied for and been granted approval for a credit by the
department pursuant to the Investment Credit Act may claim an amount of available
credit against the taxpayer's tax liabilities; provided that the credit shall be claimed
against the taxpayer's tax liabilities pursuant to the Gross Receipts and Compensating
Tax Act [Chapter 7, Article 9 NMSA 1978], the Municipal Local Option Gross Receipts
and Compensating Taxes Act [Chapter 7, Article 19D NMSA 1978] and the County
Local Option Gross Receipts and Compensating Taxes Act [Chapter 7, Article 20E
NMSA 1978] before being claimed against the taxpayer's tax liabilities pursuant to the
Withholding Tax Act [Chapter 7, Article 3 NMSA 1978]; provided further that no taxpayer
may claim, except as provided in Subsection C of this section, an amount of available
credit for any reporting period that exceeds eighty-five percent of the sum of the
taxpayer's tax liabilities for that reporting period. Any amount of available credit not
claimed against the taxpayer's tax liabilities for a reporting period may be claimed in
subsequent reporting periods.
C.
A taxpayer may apply by September 30 of the current calendar year for a refund
of the unclaimed balance of the available credit up to a maximum of two hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($250,000) if on January 1 of the current calendar year:
(1) the taxpayer's available credit is less than five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000); and
(2) the sum of the taxpayer's tax liabilities for the previous calendar year was
less than thirty-five percent of the taxpayer's available credit but more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000).
D.
As used in this section, "tax liabilities" means any tax liability a taxpayer incurs
pursuant to the Withholding Tax Act, the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act,
the Municipal Local Option Gross Receipts and Compensating Taxes Act or the County
Local Option Gross Receipts and Compensating Taxes Act.
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