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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. Receipts from selling tangible personal property, or from selling licenses to use digital goods for the purpose of loaning those digital goods to the public, to the United States or to New Mexico or a governmental unit, subdivision, agency, department or instrumentality thereof may be deducted from gross receipts or from governmental gross receipts. Unless contrary to federal law, the deduction provided by this subsection does not apply to:
(1) receipts from selling metalliferous mineral ore;
(2) receipts from selling tangible personal property that is or will be incorporated into a metropolitan redevelopment project created under the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code;
(3) receipts from selling construction material, excluding tangible personal property, whether removable or non-removable, that is or would be classified for depreciation purposes as three-year property, five-year property, seven-year property or ten-year property, including indirect costs related to the asset basis, by Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as that section may be amended or renumbered; or
(4) that portion of the receipts from performing a “service” that reflects the value of tangible personal property utilized or produced in performance of such service.
B. Receipts from selling tangible personal property, or from selling licenses to use digital goods for the purpose of loaning those digital goods to the public, for any purpose to an Indian tribe, nation or pueblo or a governmental unit, subdivision, agency, department or instrumentality thereof for use on Indian reservations or pueblo grants may be deducted from gross receipts or from governmental gross receipts.
C. When a seller, in good faith, deducts receipts for tangible personal property or licenses to use digital goods for the purpose of loaning those digital goods to the public sold to the state or a governmental unit, subdivision, agency, department or instrumentality thereof, after receiving written assurances from the buyer's representative that the property sold is not construction material, the department shall not assert in a later assessment or audit of the seller that the receipts are not deductible pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 7. Taxation § 7-9-54. Deduction; gross receipts tax; governmental gross receipts tax; sales to governmental agencies - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-7-taxation/nm-st-sect-7-9-54/
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