HOUSE BILL 540

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

Antonio "Moe" Maestas

AN ACT

RELATING TO TAXATION; CREATING A NEW PERSONAL INCOME TAX BRACKET FOR HIGHER-INCOME EARNERS.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 7-2-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2005, Chapter 104, Section 4) is amended to read:

     "7-2-7. INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RATES.--The tax imposed by Section 7-2-3 NMSA 1978 shall be at the following rates for any taxable year beginning on or after January 1, [2008] 2015:

          A. For married individuals filing separate returns:

     If the taxable income is:       The tax shall be:

Not over $4,000                       1.7% of taxable income

Over $ 4,000 but not over $ 8,000   $ 68.00 plus 3.2% of excess over $ 4,000

Over $ 8,000 but not over $ 12,000   $ 196 plus 4.7% of  excess over $ 8,000

Over $ 12,000 but not over $112,500   $ 384 plus 4.9% of  excess over $ 12,000

Over $ 112,500                        $ 5,308.50 plus 5.9% of                                       excess over $112,500.

          B. For heads of household, surviving spouses and married individuals filing joint returns:

     If the taxable income is:       The tax shall be:

Not over $8,000                       1.7% of taxable income

Over $ 8,000 but not over $ 16,000   $ 136 plus 3.2% of                                        excess over $ 8,000

Over $ 16,000 but not over $ 24,000   $ 392 plus 4.7% of                                        excess over $ 16,000

Over $ 24,000 but not over $225,000   $ 768 plus 4.9% of  excess over $ 24,000

Over $ 225,000                        $ 10,617 plus 5.9% of                                       excess over $225,000.

          C. For single individuals and for estates and trusts:

     If the taxable income is:       The tax shall be:

Not over $5,500                       1.7% of taxable income

Over $ 5,500 but not over $ 11,000   $ 93.50 plus 3.2% of excess over $ 5,500

Over $ 11,000 but not over $ 16,000   $ 269.50 plus 4.7% of excess over $11,000

Over $ 16,000 but not over $150,000   $ 504.50 plus 4.9% of excess over $16,000

Over $ 150,000                        $ 7,070.50 plus 5.9% of                                       excess over $150,000.

          D. The tax on the sum of any lump-sum amounts included in net income is an amount equal to five multiplied by the difference between:

                (1) the amount of tax due on the taxpayer's taxable income; and

                (2) the amount of tax that would be due on an amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable income and twenty percent of the taxpayer's lump-sum amounts included in net income."

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