HOUSE BILL 784

45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Helen Garcia







AN ACT

RELATING TO TAXATION; AMENDING THE INCOME TAX ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN INCOME OF NONRESIDENTS EARNED IN NEW MEXICO WITHIN FIFTEEN MILES OF AN INTERNATIONAL BORDER.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 7-2-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965, Chapter 202, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read:

"7-2-11. TAX CREDIT--INCOME ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT.--

A. Net income of any individual having income that is taxable both within and without this state shall be

apportioned and allocated as follows:

(1) during the first taxable year in which an individual incurs tax liability as a resident, only income earned on or after the date the individual became a resident and, in addition, income earned in New Mexico while a nonresident of New Mexico shall be allocated to New Mexico;

(2) except as provided otherwise in Paragraph (1) of this subsection, income other than compensation or gambling winnings shall be allocated and apportioned as provided in the Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act, but if the income is not allocated or apportioned by that act, then it may be allocated or apportioned in accordance with instructions, rulings or regulations of the secretary;

(3) except as provided otherwise in Paragraph (1) of this subsection, compensation and gambling winnings of a resident taxpayer shall be allocated to this state;

(4) compensation of a nonresident taxpayer shall be allocated to this state to the extent that such compensation is for activities, labor or personal services within this state; provided:

(a) if the activities, labor or services are performed in this state for fifteen or fewer days during the taxpayer's taxable year, the compensation may be allocated to the taxpayer's state of residence; and

(b) if the compensation is for activities, labor or services performed for a business in the manufacturing industry in New Mexico that is located within fifteen miles of an international border and that either has a total payroll in New Mexico for New Mexico residents for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins that is at least ten percent greater than the prior calendar year or has a payroll in New Mexico for New Mexico residents for the calender year in which the taxable year begins and had no such payroll in the prior calendar year, the compensation may be allocated to the taxpayer's state of residence. For purposes of this subparagraph, "business" means a person who has five or more full-time employees in New Mexico;

(5) gambling winnings of a nonresident shall be allocated to this state if the gambling winnings arose from a source within this state; and

(6) other deductions and exemptions allowable in computing net income and not specifically allocated in the Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act shall be equitably allocated or apportioned in accordance with instructions, rulings or regulations of the secretary.

B. For the purposes of this section, "non-New Mexico percentage" means the percentage determined by dividing the difference between the taxpayer's net income and the sum of the amounts allocated or apportioned to New Mexico by that net income.

C. A taxpayer may claim a credit in an amount equal to the amount of tax determined to be due under Section 7-2-7 or 7-2-7.1 NMSA 1978 multiplied by the non-New Mexico percentage."

Section 2. APPLICABILITY.--The provisions of this act apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2001.

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