SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILLS 10, 12 & 13

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO TAXATION; REPEALING THE GROSS RECEIPTS DEDUCTION FROM RECEIPTS FROM CERTAIN SALES; PROVIDING A CREDIT AGAINST THE STATE SHARE OF GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ON RECEIPTS FROM CERTAIN SALES; ALTERING CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS TO MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES; INCREASING THE LOW-INCOME COMPREHENSIVE TAX REBATE; INCREASING THE GROSS RECEIPTS AND COMPENSATING TAXES; DISTRIBUTING ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND; CLARIFYING NEXUS REGARDING CERTAIN COMPENSATING TAX TRANSACTIONS; PROVIDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL TAXES TO BE INCLUDED IN TAXABLE INCOME FOR STATE INCOME TAX PURPOSES.

 

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

     Section 1. Section 4-61-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1982, Chapter 44, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

     "4-61-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Small Counties Assistance Act:

          A. "adjustment factor" means a fraction, the numerator of which is the net taxable value of the state for the property tax year prior to the year in which the amount of small counties assistance is being determined and the denominator of which is the net taxable value for property tax year 2002; the adjustment factor shall be calculated without reference to assessed value determined pursuant to the Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act, assessed value determined pursuant to the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act or taxable value determined pursuant to the Copper Production Ad Valorem Tax Act;

          B. "ceiling valuation" means:

                (1) for the 2002 property tax year, one billion four hundred million dollars ($1,400,000,000); and

                (2) for each subsequent property tax year, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying one billion four hundred million dollars ($1,400,000,000) by the adjustment factor for the year;

          C. "demographer" means the bureau of business and economic research at the university of New Mexico;

          D. "inflation factor" means a fraction whose numerator is the annual implicit price deflator index for state and local government purchases of goods and services, as published in the United States department of commerce monthly publication entitled "Survey of Current Business" or any successor publication prepared by an agency of the United States and adopted by the department of finance and administration, for the calendar year one year prior to the year in which the distribution is to be made and whose denominator is the annual index for calendar year 2004; provided that, if the inflation factor is calculated to have a value less than one, it shall be deemed to have a value of one;

          E. "population" means the official population shown by the most recent federal decennial census or, if there is a change in boundaries after the date of the census, "population" for each affected unit shall be the most current estimated population for that unit provided in writing by the demographer; provided that after five years from the first day of the calendar year of the most recent federal decennial census, that census shall not be used, and "population" for the period from that date until the date when the next following official final decennial census population data are available shall be the most current estimated population provided in writing by the demographer;

          F. "qualifying county" means a county that has:

                (1) for the property tax year in which any distribution under the Small Counties Assistance Act is made to the county, imposed a property tax rate for general county purposes pursuant to Paragraph (1) of Subsection B of Section 7-37-7 NMSA 1978 as limited by Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 of at least eight dollars eighty-five cents ($8.85) per one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value;

                (2) by July 1 of the property tax year in which any distribution under the Small Counties Assistance Act is made to the county, received a written certification from the director of the property tax division of the taxation and revenue department that the county assessor of that county has implemented an acceptable program of maintaining current and correct property values for property taxation purposes as required by Section 7-36-16 NMSA 1978 or has submitted to the director an acceptable plan for the implementation of such a program;

                (3) on July 1 of the year in which any distribution under the Small Counties Assistance Act is made to the county, a population of not more than forty-eight thousand;

                (4) imposed county gross receipts tax increments authorized pursuant to Section 7-20E-9 NMSA 1978 totaling at least three-eighths percent and has those increments in effect on July 1 of the year in which a distribution is made, provided that this paragraph does not apply to a county if the county's valuation for property taxation purposes does not exceed the product of two hundred thirty million dollars ($230,000,000) multiplied by the adjustment factor for the year; and

                (5) a total valuation for the property tax year preceding the year in which a distribution pursuant to the Small Counties Assistance Act for that county is to be made that is no greater than the ceiling valuation for that property tax year; [and]

          G. "tax rate factor" means a fraction, the numerator of which is the average rate imposed in Section 7-9-7 NMSA 1978 for the fiscal year one year prior to the fiscal year in which the distribution is to be made and the denominator of which is five percent; and

          [G.] H. "total valuation" means the sum for a jurisdiction for a property tax year of the net taxable value determined pursuant to the Property Tax Code, the assessed value determined pursuant to the Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act, the assessed value determined pursuant to the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act and the taxable value determined pursuant to the Copper Production Ad Valorem Tax Act."

     Section 2. Section 4-61-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1982, Chapter 44, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "4-61-3. SMALL COUNTIES ASSISTANCE FUND--

DISTRIBUTION.--

          A. The "small counties assistance fund" is created within the state treasury.

          B. On or before September 1, 2003 and on or before September 1 of each subsequent year, the demographer shall certify in writing to the department of finance and administration the population of the state and of each county as of June 30 of the year.

          C. On or before September 15, 2003 and on or before September 15 of each subsequent year, the secretary of finance and administration shall certify to the state treasurer with respect to each qualifying county:

                (1) its population as certified by the demographer;

                (2) its total valuation for the preceding property tax year; and

                (3) the distribution amount calculated for it.

          D. The distribution amount for each qualifying county shall be determined for 2003 and each subsequent year in accordance with the following table; provided that the bracket amounts in the first two columns of the table shall be adjusted annually after 2003 by the adjustment factor. The bracket amounts in the last column shall be adjusted annually after 2005 by the inflation factor and, in 2011 and subsequent years, shall be adjusted by the tax rate factor. The department of finance and administration may round the results of the adjustments made pursuant to this subsection to the nearest one thousand dollars ($1,000).

If the county's total valuation for the preceding property tax year is:

at least:

  but less

  than:

and the county

population is:

then the distribution

amount is:

$      0

  $100,000,000

under      1,000

$450,000

$ 0

  $100,000,000

at least 1,000

 

 

 

but under  4,000

$325,000

$ 0

$100,000,000

at least   4,000

$250,000

$100,000,000

$230,000,000

under     12,000

$175,000

$100,000,000

$230,000,000

at least  12,000

$125,000

$230,000,000

$1,400,000,000

under     48,000

$ 75,000.

          E. If the balance in the small counties assistance fund as of the preceding August 31 exceeds the sum of the distributions to be made to qualifying counties pursuant to the provisions of Subsection D of this section, the department of finance and administration shall increase the distribution amount for each county receiving a distribution amount pursuant to the provisions of Subsection D of this section by:

                (1) thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) if the county has imposed and has in effect on July 1 of the year in which the distribution is to be made a county correctional facility gross receipts tax at a rate of at least one-eighth percent;

                (2) fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) if the county has imposed and has in effect on July 1 of the year in which the distribution is to be made a county gross receipts tax increment of one-sixteenth percent; or

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) if the county has met the requirements of Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection.

          F. If the balance in the small counties assistance fund as of the preceding August 31 is less than the sum of the distributions determined pursuant to Subsection D of this section plus the distribution increases authorized pursuant to Subsection E of this section, the distribution increases pursuant to Subsection E of this section shall be proportionately reduced.

          G. If the balance in the small counties assistance fund as of the preceding August 31 is less than the sum of the distributions to be made to qualifying counties, the department of finance and administration shall reduce each qualifying county's calculated distribution by a percentage computed by dividing the amount by which the fund is insufficient by the sum of all the calculated distributions and shall certify the reduced amounts as the qualifying counties' distributions.

          H. Any interest accruing from the temporary investment of the small counties assistance fund shall be credited to the general fund.

          I. On or before September 30, 2003 and on or before September 30 of each subsequent year, the state treasurer shall distribute to each county for whom a distribution has been certified for that year the amount certified for that county for that year. If the balance in the fund as of the preceding August 31 exceeds the sum of certified amounts distributed, the difference shall revert to the general fund.

          J. If any date specified in Subsection B, C or I of this section falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, any action required to be performed as provided in those subsections is timely if performed on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday."

     Section 3. A new section of the Tax Administration Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] DISTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT--TAX ADMINISTRATION SUSPENSE FUND--CREDIT FOR RECEIPTS OF RETAIL FOOD STORES.--Distributions from the tax administration suspense fund to the general fund of net receipts attributable to the gross receipts tax shall be adjusted for the full cost of retail food tax credits issued pursuant to the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act for receipts of retail food stores from the sale of food."

     Section 4. Section 7-1-6.16 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983, Chapter 213, Section 27, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-6.16. COUNTY EQUALIZATION DISTRIBUTION.--

          A. Beginning on September 15, 1989 and on September 15 of each year thereafter, the department shall distribute to any county that has imposed or continued in effect during the state's preceding fiscal year a county gross receipts tax pursuant to Section 7-20E-9 NMSA 1978 an amount equal to:

                (1) the product of a fraction, the numerator of which is the county's population and the denominator of which is the state's population, multiplied by the annual sum for the county; less

                (2) the net receipts received by the department during the report year, including any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, attributable to the county gross receipts tax at a rate of one-eighth percent; provided that for any month in the report year, if no county gross receipts tax was in effect in the county in the previous month, the net receipts, for the purposes of this section, for that county for that month shall be zero.

          B. If the amount determined by the calculation in Subsection A of this section is zero or a negative number for a county, no distribution shall be made to that county.

          C. As used in this section:

                (1) "annual sum" means for each county the sum of the monthly amounts for those months in the report year that follow a month in which the county had in effect a county gross receipts tax;

                (2) "monthly amount" means an amount equal to the product of:

                     (a) the net receipts received by the department in the month attributable to the state gross receipts tax plus [five percent of the total amount of deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month plus] five and one-eighth percent of the total amount of deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month; and

                     (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one-eighth percent and the denominator of which is the tax rate imposed by Section 7-9-4 NMSA 1978 in effect on the last day of the previous month;

                (3) "population" means the most recent official census or estimate determined by the United States census bureau for the unit or, if neither is available, the most current estimated population for the unit provided in writing by the bureau of business and economic research at the university of New Mexico; and

                (4) "report year" means the twelve-month period ending on the July 31 immediately preceding the date upon which a distribution pursuant to this section is required to be made."

     Section 5. Section 7-1-6.46 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 116, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-6.46. DISTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPALITIES--OFFSET FOR [FOOD DEDUCTION AND] HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER SERVICES DEDUCTION--DISTRIBUTION IN LIEU OF MUNICIPAL DISTRIBUTION FROM STATE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX--RETAIL FOOD TAX CREDIT DISTRIBUTIONS.--

          A. For fiscal year 2011, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to a municipality in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, equal to the sum of:

                (1) for a municipality having a population of less than ten thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census and having per capita taxable gross receipts for the previous calendar year that are less than the average per capita taxable gross receipts for all municipalities for that same calendar year: 

                     (a) the total [deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978] gross receipts from the sale of food on which the retail food tax credit is claimed for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by [the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality for the month plus] one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent; and

                     (b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality for the month plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent; or

                (2) for a municipality not described in Paragraph (1) of this subsection:

                    (a) the total [deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978] gross receipts from the sale of food on which the retail food tax credit is claimed for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by [the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality on January 1, 2007 plus] one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent; and

                     (b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality on January 1, 2007 plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent.

          B. For fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal years, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to a municipality in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, equal to the sum of:

                (1) for a municipality having a population of less than ten thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census and having per capita taxable gross receipts for the previous calendar year that are less than the average per capita taxable gross receipts for all municipalities for that same calendar year:

                     (a) the total gross receipts from the sale of food on which the retail food tax credit is claimed for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by one and five-hundredths percent; and

                     (b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality for the month plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent; or

                (2) for a municipality not described in Paragraph (1) of this subsection:

                     (a) the total gross receipts from the sale of food on which the retail food tax credit is claimed for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by one and five-hundredths percent; and

                     (b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality on January 1, 2007 plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent.

           [B.] C. The distribution pursuant to Subsection A of this section is in lieu of revenue that would have been received by the municipality but for the retail food tax credit and the [deductions] deduction provided by [Sections 7-9-92 and] Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978. The distribution shall be considered gross receipts tax revenue and shall be used by the municipality in the same manner as gross receipts tax revenue, including payment of gross receipts tax revenue bonds.

          D. If the reduction made by this 2010 act to the distribution made pursuant to Subsection B of this section impairs the ability of a municipality to meet its principal or interest payment obligations for revenue bonds outstanding prior to July 1, 2010 that are secured by the pledge of all or part of the municipality's revenue from the distribution made pursuant to this section, then the amount distributed pursuant to this section to that municipality shall be increased by an amount sufficient to meet any required payment; provided that the total amount distributed to that municipality pursuant to this section does not exceed the amount that would have been due that municipality pursuant to this section as it was in effect on June 30, 2010.

          [C.] E. For the purposes of this section, "business locations attributable to the municipality" means business locations:

(1) within the municipality;

                (2) on land owned by the state, commonly known as the "state fairgrounds", within the exterior boundaries of the municipality;

                (3) outside the boundaries of the municipality on land owned by the municipality; and

                (4) on an Indian reservation or pueblo grant in an area that is contiguous to the municipality and in which the municipality performs services pursuant to a contract between the municipality and the Indian tribe or Indian pueblo if:

                     (a) the contract describes an area in which the municipality is required to perform services and requires the municipality to perform services that are substantially the same as the services the municipality performs for itself; and

                     (b) the governing body of the municipality has submitted a copy of the contract to the secretary.

          [D.] F. A distribution pursuant to this section may be adjusted for a distribution made to a tax increment development district with respect to a portion of a gross receipts tax increment dedicated by a municipality pursuant to the Tax Increment for Development Act."

     Section 6. Section 7-1-6.47 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 116, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-6.47. DISTRIBUTION TO COUNTIES--OFFSET FOR [FOOD DEDUCTION AND] HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER SERVICES DEDUCTION.--

          A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to a county in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, equal to the sum of:

                (1) for a county having a population of less than forty-eight thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census:

                     [(a) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed throughout the county;

                     (b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality;

                     (c)] (a) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed throughout the county; and

                     [(d)] (b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality; or

                (2) for a county not described in Paragraph (1) of this subsection:

                     [(a) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed throughout the county;

                     (b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality;

                     (c)] (a) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed throughout the county; and

                     [(d)] (b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality.

          B. The distribution pursuant to Subsection A of this section is in lieu of revenue that would have been received by the county but for the deductions provided by [Sections 7-9-92 and] Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978. The distribution shall be considered gross receipts tax revenue and shall be used by the county in the same manner as gross receipts tax revenue, including payment of gross receipts tax revenue bonds.

          C. A distribution pursuant to this section may be adjusted for a distribution made to a tax increment development district with respect to a portion of a gross receipts tax increment dedicated by a county pursuant to the Tax Increment for Development Act."

     Section 7. Section 7-2-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1986, Chapter 20, Section 26, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-2-2. DEFINITIONS.--For the purpose of the Income Tax Act and unless the context requires otherwise:

          A. "adjusted gross income" means adjusted gross income as defined in Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code, as that section may be amended or renumbered;

          B. "base income":

                (1) means, for estates and trusts, that part of the estate's or trust's income defined as taxable income and upon which the federal income tax is calculated in the Internal Revenue Code for income tax purposes plus, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1991, the amount of the net operating loss deduction allowed by Section 172(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as that section may be amended or renumbered, and taken by the taxpayer for that year;

                (2) means, for taxpayers other than estates or trusts, that part of the taxpayer's income defined as adjusted gross income plus, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1991, the amount of the net operating loss deduction allowed by Section 172(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as that section may be amended or renumbered, and taken by the taxpayer for that year;

                (3) includes, for all taxpayers, any other income of the taxpayer not included in adjusted gross income but upon which a federal tax is calculated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code for income tax purposes, except amounts for which a calculation of tax is made pursuant to Section 55 of the Internal Revenue Code, as that section may be amended or renumbered; "base income" also includes interest received on a state or local bond; and

                (4) includes, for all taxpayers, an amount deducted pursuant to Section 7-2-32 NMSA 1978 in a prior taxable year if:

                     (a) such amount is transferred to another qualified tuition program, as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, not authorized in the Education Trust Act; or

                     (b) a distribution or refund is made for any reason other than: 1) to pay for qualified higher education expenses, as defined pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code; or 2) upon the beneficiary's death, disability or receipt of a scholarship;

          C. "compensation" means wages, salaries, commissions and any other form of remuneration paid to employees for personal services;

          D. "department" means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary or any employee of the department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;

          E. "fiduciary" means a guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, committee, conservator, receiver, individual or corporation acting in any fiduciary capacity;

          F. "filing status" means "married filing joint returns", "married filing separate returns", "head of household", "surviving spouse" and "single", as those terms are generally defined for federal tax purposes;

          G. "fiscal year" means any accounting period of twelve months ending on the last day of any month other than December;

          H. "head of household" means "head of household" as generally defined for federal income tax purposes;

          I. "individual" means a natural person, an estate, a trust or a fiduciary acting for a natural person, trust or estate;

          J. "Internal Revenue Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

          K. "lump-sum amount" means for the purpose of determining liability for federal income tax, an amount that was not included in adjusted gross income but upon which the five-year-averaging or the ten-year-averaging method of tax computation provided in Section 402 of the Internal Revenue Code, as that section may be amended or renumbered, was applied;

          L. "modified gross income" means all income of the taxpayer and, if any, the taxpayer's spouse and dependents, undiminished by losses and from whatever source, including:

                (1) compensation;

                (2) net profit from business;

                (3) gains from dealings in property;

                (4) interest;

                (5) net rents;

                (6) royalties;

                (7) dividends;

                (8) alimony and separate maintenance payments;

                (9) annuities;

                (10) income from life insurance and endowment contracts;

                (11) pensions;

                (12) discharge of indebtedness;

                (13) distributive share of partnership income;

                (14) income in respect of a decedent;

                (15) income from an interest in an estate or a trust;

                (16) social security benefits;

                (17) unemployment compensation benefits;

                (18) workers' compensation benefits;

                (19) public assistance and welfare benefits;

                (20) cost-of-living allowances; and

                (21) gifts;

M. "modified gross income" excludes:

                (1) payments for hospital, dental, medical or drug expenses to or on behalf of the taxpayer;

                (2) the value of room and board provided by federal, state or local governments or by private individuals or agencies based upon financial need and not as a form of compensation;

                (3) payments pursuant to a federal, state or local government program directly or indirectly to a third party on behalf of the taxpayer when identified to a particular use or invoice by the payer; or

                (4) payments for credits and rebates pursuant to the Income Tax Act and made for a credit pursuant to Section 7-3-9 NMSA 1978;

          N. "net income" means, for estates and trusts, base income adjusted to exclude amounts that the state is prohibited from taxing because of the laws or constitution of this state or the United States and means, for taxpayers other than estates or trusts, base income adjusted to exclude:

                (1) an amount equal to the standard deduction allowed the taxpayer for the taxpayer's taxable year by Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code, as that section may be amended or renumbered;

                 (2) an amount equal to the itemized deductions defined in Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code, as that section may be amended or renumbered, allowed the taxpayer for the taxpayer's taxable year less the amount excluded pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this subsection and less the amount of state and local income and sales taxes included in the taxpayer's itemized deductions;

                (3) an amount equal to the product of the exemption amount allowed for the taxpayer's taxable year by Section 151 of the Internal Revenue Code, as that section may be amended or renumbered, multiplied by the number of personal exemptions allowed for federal income tax purposes;

                (4) income from obligations of the United States of America less expenses incurred to earn that income;

                (5) other amounts that the state is prohibited from taxing because of the laws or constitution of this state or the United States;

                (6) for taxable years that began prior to January 1, 1991, an amount equal to the sum of:

                     (a) net operating loss carryback deductions to that year from taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 1991 claimed and allowed, as provided by the Internal Revenue Code; and

                     (b) net operating loss carryover deductions to that year claimed and allowed; [and]

                (7) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1991, an amount equal to the sum of any net operating loss carryover deductions to that year claimed and allowed, provided that the amount of any net operating loss carryover from a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1991 may be excluded only as follows:

                     (a) in the case of a timely filed return, in the taxable year immediately following the taxable year for which the return is filed; or

                     (b) in the case of amended returns or original returns not timely filed, in the first taxable year beginning after the date on which the return or amended return establishing the net operating loss is filed; and

                     (c) in either case, if the net operating loss carryover exceeds the amount of net income exclusive of the net operating loss carryover for the taxable year to which the exclusion first applies, in the next four succeeding taxable years in turn until the net operating loss carryover is exhausted; in no event shall a net operating loss carryover be excluded in any taxable year after the fourth taxable year beginning after the taxable year to which the exclusion first applies; and

                (8) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, an amount equal to the amount included in adjusted gross income that represents a refund of state and local income and sales taxes that were deducted for federal tax purposes in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010;

          O. "net operating loss" means any net operating loss, as defined by Section 172(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as that section may be amended or renumbered, for a taxable year as further increased by the income, if any, from obligations of the United States for that year less related expenses;

          P. "net operating loss carryover" means the amount, or any portion of the amount, of a net operating loss for any taxable year that, pursuant to Paragraph (6) or (7) of Subsection N of this section, may be excluded from base income;

          Q. "nonresident" means every individual not a resident of this state;

          R. "person" means any individual, estate, trust, receiver, cooperative association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, syndicate or other association; "person" also means, to the extent permitted by law, any federal, state or other governmental unit or subdivision or agency, department or instrumentality thereof;

          S. "resident" means an individual who is domiciled in this state during any part of the taxable year or an individual who is physically present in this state for one hundred eighty-five days or more during the taxable year; but any individual, other than someone who was physically present in the state for one hundred eighty-five days or more during the taxable year, who, on or before the last day of the taxable year, changed the individual's place of abode to a place without this state with the bona fide intention of continuing actually to abide permanently without this state is not a resident for the purposes of the Income Tax Act for periods after that change of abode;

          T. "secretary" means the secretary of taxation and revenue or the secretary's delegate;

          U. "state" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States or any political subdivision of a foreign country;

          V. "state or local bond" means a bond issued by a state other than New Mexico or by a local government other than one of New Mexico's political subdivisions, the interest from which is excluded from income for federal income tax purposes under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code, as that section may be amended or renumbered;

          W. "surviving spouse" means "surviving spouse" as generally defined for federal income tax purposes;

          X. "taxable income" means net income less any lump-sum amount;

          Y. "taxable year" means the calendar year or fiscal year upon the basis of which the net income is computed under the Income Tax Act and includes, in the case of the return made for a fractional part of a year under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, the period for which the return is made; and

          Z. "taxpayer" means any individual subject to the tax imposed by the Income Tax Act."

     Section 8. Section 7-2-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1972, Chapter 20, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-2-14. LOW-INCOME COMPREHENSIVE TAX REBATE.--

          A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this section, any resident who files an individual New Mexico income tax return and who is not a dependent of another individual may claim a tax rebate for a portion of state and local taxes to which the resident has been subject during the taxable year for which the return is filed. The tax rebate may be claimed even though the resident has no income taxable under the Income Tax Act. A husband and wife who file separate returns for a taxable year in which they could have filed a joint return may each claim only one-half of the tax rebate that would have been allowed on a joint return.

          B. No claim for the tax rebate provided in this section shall be filed by a resident who was an inmate of a public institution for more than six months during the taxable year for which the tax rebate could be claimed or who was not physically present in New Mexico for at least six months during the taxable year for which the tax rebate could be claimed.

          C. For the purposes of this section, the total number of exemptions for which a tax rebate may be claimed or allowed is determined by adding the number of federal exemptions allowable for federal income tax purposes for each individual included in the return who is domiciled in New Mexico plus two additional exemptions for each individual domiciled in New Mexico included in the return who is sixty-five years of age or older plus one additional exemption for each individual domiciled in New Mexico included in the return who, for federal income tax purposes, is blind plus one exemption for each minor child or stepchild of the resident who would be a dependent for federal income tax purposes if the public assistance contributing to the support of the child or stepchild was considered to have been contributed by the resident.

          D. The tax rebate provided for in this section may be claimed in the amount shown in the following table:

Modified gross       And the total number

income is:           of exemptions is:

         But Not 6 or

Over Over 1 2 3 4 5 More

 [$ 0  $ 500   $ 120   $ 160  $ 200  $ 240  $ 280 $ 320

   500   1,000     135     195    250    310    350   415

 1,000   1,500     135     195    250    310    350   435

 1,500   2,000     135     195    250    310    350   450

 2,000   2,500     135     195    250    310    350   450

 2,500   3,000     135     195    250    310    350   450

 3,000   3,500     135     195    250    310    350   450

 3,500   4,000     135     195    250    310    355   450

 4,000   4,500     135     195    250    310    355   450

 4,500   5,000     125     190    240    305    355   450

 5,000   5,500     115     175    230    295    355   430

 5,500   6,000     105     155    210    260    315   410

 6,000   7,000      90     130    170    220    275   370

 7,000   8,000      80     115    145    180    225   295

 8,000   9,000      70     105    135    170    195   240

 9,000  10,000      65      95    115    145    175   205

10,000  11,000      60      80    100    130    155   185

11,000  12,000      55      70     90    110    135   160

12,000  13,000      50      65     85    100    115   140

13,000  14,000      50      65     85    100    115   140

14,000  15,000      45      60     75     90    105   120

15,000  16,000      40      55     70     85     95   110

16,000  17,000      35      50     65     80     85   105

17,000  18,000      30      45     60     70     80    95

18,000  19,000      25      35     50     60    70     80

19,000  20,000      20      30     40     50     60    65

20,000  21,000      15      25     30     40     50    55

21,000  22,000      10      20     25     35     40    45.]

   $ 0 $ 1,000   $ 145   $ 210  $ 270  $ 335  $ 380 $ 455

 1,001   2,000     145     210    270    335    380   490

 2,001   3,000     145     210    270    335    385   490

 3,001   4,000     145     210    270    335    385   490

 4,001   5,000     145     210    270    335    385   490

 5,001   6,000     125     190    250    320    385   490

 6,001   7,000     100     145    190    245    305   410

 7,001   8,000      90     130    165    205    255   335

 8,001   9,000      80     120    155    195    225   280

 9,001  10,000      75     110    135    170    205   245

10,001  11,000      70      95    120    155    185   225

11,001  12,000      65      85    110    135    165   200

12,001  13,000      60      80    105    125    145   180

13,001  14,000      60      80    105    125    145   180

14,001  15,000      55      75     95    115    135   160

15,001  16,000      50      75     90    110    125   150

16,001  17,000      45      70     85    105    115   145

17,001  18,000      40      60     80     95    110   135

18,001  19,000      35      50     70     85    100   120

19,001  20,000      30      45     60     75     90   105

20,001  21,000      25      40     50     65     80    95

21,001  22,000      20      35     45     60     70    85

22,001  23,000      10      30     40     50     60    70

23,001  24,000      10      20     30     40     50    60.

              E. If a taxpayer's modified gross income is zero, the taxpayer may claim a credit in the amount shown in the first row of the table appropriate for the taxpayer's number of exemptions.

              F. The tax rebates provided for in this section may be deducted from the taxpayer's New Mexico income tax liability for the taxable year. If the tax rebates exceed the taxpayer's income tax liability, the excess shall be refunded to the taxpayer.

              G. For purposes of this section, "dependent" means "dependent" as defined by Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as that section may be amended or renumbered, but also includes any minor child or stepchild of the resident who would be a dependent for federal income tax purposes if the public assistance contributing to the support of the child or stepchild was considered to have been contributed by the resident."

      Section 9. Section 7-9-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1966, Chapter 47, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:

      "7-9-4. IMPOSITION AND RATE OF TAX--DENOMINATION AS "GROSS RECEIPTS TAX".--

              A. For the privilege of engaging in business, an excise tax equal to five and one-eighth percent of gross receipts is imposed on any person engaging in business in New Mexico.

              B. The tax imposed by this section shall be referred to as the "gross receipts tax"."

      Section 10. Section 7-9-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1966, Chapter 47, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:

      "7-9-7. IMPOSITION AND RATE OF TAX--DENOMINATION AS "COMPENSATING TAX".--

              A. For the privilege of using tangible property in New Mexico, there is imposed on the person using the property an excise tax equal to five and one-eighth percent of the value of tangible property that was:

                      (1) manufactured by the person using the property in the state;

                      (2) acquired as the result of a transaction with a person located outside this state [as the result of a transaction] that would have been subject to the gross receipts tax had [it occurred within this state] the tangible personal property been acquired from a person with nexus with New Mexico; or

                      (3) acquired as the result of a transaction [which] that was not initially subject to the compensating tax imposed by Paragraph (2) of this subsection or the gross receipts tax but which transaction, because of the buyer's subsequent use of the property, should have been subject to the compensating tax imposed by Paragraph (2) of this subsection or the gross receipts tax.

              B. For the purpose of Subsection A of this section, value of tangible property shall be the adjusted basis of the property for federal income tax purposes determined as of the time of acquisition or introduction into this state or of conversion to use, whichever is later. If no adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes is established for the property, a reasonable value of the property shall be used.

              C. For the privilege of using services rendered in New Mexico, there is imposed on the person using such services an excise tax equal to five percent of the value of the services at the time they were rendered. The services, to be taxable under this subsection, must have been rendered as the result of a transaction [which] that was not initially subject to the gross receipts tax but which transaction, because of the buyer's subsequent use of the services, should have been subject to the gross receipts tax.

              D. The tax imposed by this section shall be referred to as the "compensating tax"."

      Section 11. A new section of the Gross Receipts and

Compensating Tax Act is enacted to read:

      "[NEW MATERIAL] RETAIL FOOD TAX CREDIT--RECEIPTS OF RETAIL FOOD STORES.--

              A. A retail food store that is a taxpayer may claim a credit for each reporting period against the taxpayer's gross receipts tax due for that reporting period in an amount equal to five and one-eighth percent of the taxpayer's gross receipts for that reporting period that are from the sale of food and are not exempt from gross receipts taxation and are not deductible pursuant to another provision of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act.

              B. The credit that may be claimed by a taxpayer pursuant to this section may be referred to as the "retail food tax credit". 

              C. The retail food tax credit shall be reported separately from any other credits claimed in the same reporting period by the taxpayer against the taxpayer's gross receipts tax liability. 

              D. A retail food store claiming the credit provided by this section shall, on all sales of food with respect to which the credit will be claimed, adjust the amount of gross receipts tax passed on to the purchaser of the food to reflect the full value of the credit.

              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(k)(1) for purposes of the federal 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(p)(1) for purposes of the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program, whether or not the establishment participates in the supplemental nutrition assistance program."

      Section 12. TEMPORARY PROVISION.--For the 2010 taxable year, a taxpayer is deemed to have complied with the provisions of Section 7-2-12.2 NMSA 1978 if the taxpayer has made the required annual payments of estimated taxes due for taxable year 2010 based on the definition of net income in Section 7-2-2 NMSA 1978 applicable prior to January 1, 2010.

      Section 13. REPEAL.--Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 116, Section 5) is repealed.

      Section 14. APPLICABILITY.--

              A. The distribution adjustment made pursuant to Section 3 of this act applies to retail food tax credits claimed pursuant to Section 11 of this act against gross receipts received on or after July 1, 2010.

              B. The distributions pursuant to Sections 5 and 6 of this act apply to deductions for health care practitioner services taken from the gross receipts tax that are attributable to gross receipts received on or after July 1, 2010 and to retail food tax credits claimed pursuant to Section 11 of this act against gross receipts received on or after July 1, 2010.

              C. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of this act apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010.

      Section 15. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2010.

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