SENATE BILL 236

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

John Arthur Smith

AN ACT

RELATING TO TAXATION; PHASING OUT THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE SALE OF FOOD; AMENDING AND REPEALING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.

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

     Section 1. Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 116, Section 5) is amended to read:

     "7-9-92. DEDUCTION--GROSS RECEIPTS--SALE OF FOOD AT RETAIL FOOD STORE.--

          A. On or after July 1, 2010 but before July 1, 2011, seventy-five percent of receipts from the sale of food at a retail food store that are not exempt from gross receipts taxation and are not deductible pursuant to another provision of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act may be deducted from gross receipts.

          B. On or after July 1, 2011 but before July 1, 2012, fifty percent of receipts from the sale of food at a retail food store that are not exempt from gross receipts taxation and are not deductible pursuant to another provision of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act may be deducted from gross receipts.

          C. On or after July 1, 2012 but before July 1, 2013, twenty-five percent of receipts from the sale of food at a retail food store that are not exempt from gross receipts taxation and are not deductible pursuant to another provision of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act may be deducted from gross receipts.

          D. The deduction provided by this section shall be separately stated by the taxpayer. The taxpayer shall not pass on to a purchaser of food with respect to which the deduction will be claimed a gross receipts tax charge in excess of the amount the taxpayer will owe on the transaction.

          [B.] E. For the purposes of this section:

                (1) "food" means any food or food product for home consumption that meets the definition of food in 7 USCA 2012[(g)](k)(1) for purposes of the federal [food stamp] supplemental nutrition assistance program; and

                (2) "retail food store" means an establishment that sells food for home preparation and consumption and that meets the definition of retail food store in 7 USCA 2012[(k)](p)(1) for purposes of the federal [food stamp] supplemental nutrition assistance program, whether or not the establishment participates in the [food stamp] supplemental nutrition assistance program."

     Section 2. DELAYED REPEAL.--Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 116, Section 5) is repealed effective July 1, 2013.

     Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2010.

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