0001| HOUSE BILL 128 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| JERRY W. SANDEL | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO TAXATION; CHANGING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INCOME | 0012| TAX ACT PERTAINING TO ESTIMATED TAX PAYMENTS; DECLARING AN | 0013| EMERGENCY. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 7-2-12.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1996, | 0017| Chapter 17, Section 1) is amended to read: | 0018| "7-2-12.2. ESTIMATED TAX DUE--PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED TAX-- | 0019| PENALTY.-- | 0020| A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, | 0021| every individual who is required to file an income tax return | 0022| under the Income Tax Act shall pay the required annual payment | 0023| in installments [The amount of any required installment shall | 0024| be twenty-five percent of the required annual payment] | 0025| through either withholding or estimated tax payments. | 0001| B. For the purposes of this section: | 0002| (1) "required annual payment" means the lesser | 0003| of: | 0004| (a) ninety percent of the tax shown on | 0005| the return of the taxable year or, if no return is filed, | 0006| ninety percent of the tax for the taxable year; or | 0007| (b) one hundred percent of the tax shown | 0008| on the return for the preceding taxable year if the preceding | 0009| taxable year was a taxable year of twelve months and the | 0010| taxpayer filed a New Mexico tax return for that preceding | 0011| taxable year; and | 0012| (2) "tax" means the tax imposed under Section | 0013| 7-2-3 NMSA 1978 less any amount allowed for credits provided by | 0014| Sections 7-2-13 and 7-2-18.1 through 7-2-18.4 NMSA 1978 and for | 0015| any applicable tax rebates provided by the Income Tax Act. | 0016| C. There shall be four required installments for | 0017| each taxable year. If a taxpayer is not liable for estimated | 0018| tax payments on March 31, but becomes liable for estimated tax | 0019| at some point after March 31, he must make estimated tax | 0020| payments as follows: | 0021| (1) if the taxpayer becomes required to pay | 0022| estimated tax after March 31 and before June 1, fifty percent | 0023| of the required annual payment must be paid on June 15, twenty- | 0024| five percent on September 15 and twenty-five percent on January | 0025| 15 of the following taxable year; | 0001| (2) if the taxpayer becomes required to pay | 0002| estimated tax after May 31, but before September 1, seventy- | 0003| five percent of the required annual payment must be paid on | 0004| September 15 and twenty-five percent on January 15 of the | 0005| following taxable year; and | 0006| (3) if the taxpayer becomes required to pay | 0007| estimated tax after August 31, one hundred percent of the | 0008| required annual payment must be paid on January 15 of the | 0009| following taxable year. | 0010| D. Except as otherwise provided in this section, | 0011| for taxpayers reporting on a calendar year basis, [the due | 0012| dates for the installments are] estimated payments of the | 0013| required annual payment are due on or before April 15, June 15 | 0014| and September 15 of the taxable year and January 15 of the | 0015| following taxable year. For taxpayers reporting on a fiscal | 0016| year other than a calendar year, the due dates for the | 0017| installments are the fifteenth day of the fourth, sixth and | 0018| ninth months of the fiscal year and the fifteenth day of the | 0019| first month following the fiscal year. | 0020| E. A rancher or farmer who expects to receive at | 0021| least two-thirds of his gross income for the taxable year from | 0022| ranching or farming, or who has received at least two-thirds of | 0023| his gross income for the previous taxable year from ranching or | 0024| farming, may: | 0025| (1) pay the required annual payment for the | 0001| taxable year in one installment on January 15 of the following | 0002| taxable year; or | 0003| (2) on or before March 1 of the following | 0004| taxable year, file a return for the taxable year and pay in | 0005| full the amount computed on the return as payable. | 0006| No penalty under Subsection G of this section shall be | 0007| imposed unless the rancher or farmer underpays his tax by more | 0008| than one-third. If a joint return is filed, a rancher or | 0009| farmer must consider his or her spouse's gross income in | 0010| determining whether at least two-thirds of gross income is from | 0011| ranching or farming. | 0012| [D.] F. For the purposes of [applying] this | 0013| section, the amount of tax deducted and withheld with respect | 0014| to a taxpayer under the Withholding Tax Act shall be deemed a | 0015| payment of estimated tax. An equal part of the amount of | 0016| withheld tax shall be deemed paid on each due date for the | 0017| applicable taxable year unless the taxpayer establishes the | 0018| dates on which all amounts were actually withheld, in which | 0019| case the amounts withheld shall be deemed payments of estimated | 0020| tax on the dates on which the amounts were actually withheld. | 0021| The taxpayer may apply the provisions of this subsection | 0022| separately to wage withholding and any other amounts withheld | 0023| under the Withholding Tax Act. | 0024| [E.] G. Except as otherwise provided in this | 0025| section, in the case of any underpayment of [estimated tax] | 0001| the required annual payment by a taxpayer, there shall be | 0002| added to the tax an amount as penalty determined by applying | 0003| the rate specified in Subsection B of Section 7-1-67 NMSA 1978 | 0004| to the amount of the underpayment for the period of the | 0005| underpayment, provided: | 0006| (1) the amount of the underpayment shall be | 0007| the excess of the amount of the required [installment] | 0008| annual payment over the amount, if any, [of the | 0009| installment] paid on or before the due date for the | 0010| installment; | 0011| (2) the period of the underpayment runs from | 0012| the due date for the installment to whichever of the following | 0013| dates is earlier: | 0014| (a) the fifteenth day of the fourth | 0015| month following the close of the taxable year; or | 0016| (b) with respect to any portion of the | 0017| underpayment, the date on which the portion was paid; and | 0018| (3) [for the purposes of Subparagraph (b) of | 0019| Paragraph (2) of this subsection] a payment of estimated tax | 0020| shall be credited against unpaid [required] or underpaid | 0021| installments in the order in which the installments are | 0022| required to be paid. | 0023| [F.] H. No penalty shall be imposed under | 0024| Subsection [E] G of this section for any taxable year if: | 0025| (1) the difference between the following is | 0001| less than five hundred dollars ($500): | 0002| (a) the tax shown on the return for the | 0003| taxable year or, when no return is filed, the tax for the | 0004| taxable year; and | 0005| (b) any amount withheld under the | 0006| provisions of the Withholding Tax Act for that taxpayer for | 0007| that taxable year; | 0008| (2) the individual's preceding taxable year | 0009| was a taxable year of twelve months, the individual did not | 0010| have any tax liability for the preceding taxable year and the | 0011| individual was a resident of New Mexico for the entire taxable | 0012| year; [or] | 0013| (3) through either withholding or estimated | 0014| tax payments, the individual paid the required annual payment | 0015| as defined in Subsection B of this section; or | 0016| [(3)] (4) the secretary determines that | 0017| the underpayment was not due to fraud, negligence or disregard | 0018| of rules and regulations. | 0019| [G.] I. If, on or before January 31 of the | 0020| following taxable year, the taxpayer files a return for the | 0021| taxable year and pays in full the amount computed on the return | 0022| as payable, then no penalty under Subsection [E] G of this | 0023| section shall be imposed with respect to any underpayment of | 0024| the fourth required installment for the taxable year. | 0025| [H.] J. This section shall be applied to | 0001| taxable years of less than twelve months in the manner | 0002| determined by regulation or instruction of the secretary. | 0003| [I.] K. Except as otherwise provided in | 0004| Subsection [J] L of this section, this section applies to | 0005| any estate or trust. | 0006| [J.] L. This section does not apply to any | 0007| trust that is subject to the tax imposed by Section 511 of the | 0008| Internal Revenue Code or that is a private foundation. With | 0009| respect to any taxable year ending before the date two years | 0010| after the date of the decedent's death, this section does not | 0011| apply to: | 0012| (1) the estate of the decedent; or | 0013| (2) any trust all of which was treated under | 0014| Subpart E of Part I of Subchapter J of Chapter 1 of the | 0015| Internal Revenue Code as owned by the decedent and to which the | 0016| residue of the decedent's estate will pass under the decedent's | 0017| will or, if no will is admitted to probate, that is the trust | 0018| primarily responsible for paying debts, taxes and expenses of | 0019| administration." | 0020| Section 2. APPLICABILITY.--The provisions of this act | 0021| apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1997. | 0022| Section 3. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0023| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0024|  State of New Mexico | 0025| House of Representatives | 0001| | 0002| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0003| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| March 3, 1997 | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Mr. Speaker: | 0010| | 0011| Your TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0012| been referred | 0013| | 0014| HOUSE BILL 128 | 0015| | 0016| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0017| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0018| | 0019| 1. On page 2, line 23, after "on" insert "or before". | 0020| | 0021| 2. On page 2, line 24, after both occurrences of "on" | 0022| insert "or before". | 0023| | 0024| 3. On page 3, line 3, after "on" insert "or before". | 0025| | 0001| 4. On page 3, line 4, after "on" insert "or before". | 0002| | 0003| 5. On page 3, line 8, after "on" insert "or before". | 0004| | 0005| 6. On page 4, line 1, after "on" insert "or before". | 0006| | 0007| 7. On page 6, line 24, after "months" insert " and to | 0008| taxpayers reporting on a fiscal year other than a calendar year". | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| Respectfully submitted, | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Jerry W. Sandel, Chairman | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Adopted Not Adopted | 0021| | 0022| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0023| | 0024| Date | 0025| | 0001| The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against | 0002| Yes: 11 | 0003| Excused: Gonzales, Lujan | 0004| Absent: None | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| .115960.1 | 0008| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0128 | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| March 17, 1997 | 0016| | 0017| Mr. President: | 0018| | 0019| Your WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0020| referred | 0021| | 0022| HOUSE BILL 128, as amended | 0023| | 0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0025| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0001| | 0002| Respectfully submitted, | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| __________________________________ | 0008| Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0013| Adopted_______________________ | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Date ________________________ | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0022| Yes: 7 | 0023| No: 0 | 0024| Excused: McSorley, Nava | 0025| Absent: None | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| H0128WM1 |