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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 7. Taxation § 7-12-7. Sale of stamps; prices

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Only the department shall sell stamps. Stamps may be sold by the department only to a distributor.

B. Stamps shall display a serial number. Stamps bearing the same serial number shall not be sold to more than one distributor. The department shall keep records of the serial numbers of the stamps provided to each distributor.

C. A stamp shall be affixed to a package of cigarettes in such a manner as to clearly display the serial number at the point of sale.

D. Tax stamps shall be sold at their face value with the following discounts:

(1) forty-six hundredths percent less than the face value of the first thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) of stamps purchased in one calendar month;

(2) thirty-six hundredths percent less than the face value of the second thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) of stamps purchased in one calendar month; and

(3) twenty-two hundredths percent less than the face value of stamps purchased in excess of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) in one calendar month.

E. Tax-credit stamps shall be provided only to distributors and shall be provided free of charge; provided that the distributor is in full compliance with the reporting requirements of the Cigarette Tax Act and rules adopted pursuant to that act.

F. If the face value of tax stamps sold in a single sale is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), the discount provided for in this section shall not be allowed.

G. Payment for tax stamps shall be made on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month following the month in which the sale of stamps by the department is made.

H. Tax-exempt stamps shall be provided only to distributors and shall be free of charge; provided that the distributor is in full compliance with the reporting requirements of the Cigarette Tax Act and rules adopted pursuant to that act.

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