SENATE BILL 283
48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008
INTRODUCED BY
Phil A. Griego
AN ACT
RELATING TO TAXATION; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE TAX ADMINISTRATION ACT TO PROVIDE THE REPORTING LOCATION FOR ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, LEGAL OR INDEPENDENT AUDIT SERVICES GROSS RECEIPTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 7-1-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 145, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"7-1-14. SECRETARY MAY DETERMINE WHERE CERTAIN GROSS RECEIPTS ARE TO BE REPORTED--PLACE OF BUSINESS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SALES.--
A. By regulation, the secretary may require any person maintaining one or more places of business to report the person's taxable gross receipts and deductions for each municipality or county or area within an Indian reservation or pueblo grant in which the person maintains a place of business. B. For persons engaged in the construction business, the place where the construction project is performed is a "place of business", and all receipts from that project are to be reported from that place of business.
C. The secretary may, by regulation, also require any person maintaining a business outside the boundaries of a municipality on land owned by that municipality to report the person's taxable gross receipts for that municipality.
D. For a person engaged in the business of selling real estate, the location of the real property sold is the "place of business", and all receipts from that sale are to be reported from that place of business.
E. For a person engaged in the business of providing architectural, engineering, legal or independent audit services, the location of the project for which the services are rendered is the "place of business", and all receipts from that sale are to be reported from that place of business."
Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is January 1, 2009.
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