HOUSE BILL 255

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

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] 2016:

          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 $75,000     $384 plus 4.9% of    excess over $12,000

Over $75,000                          $3,471 plus 5.9% of excess over $75,000.

          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 $150,000    $768 plus 4.9% of    excess over $24,000

Over $150,000                         $6,942 plus 5.9% of  excess over $150,000.

          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 $100,000    $504.50 plus 4.9% of excess over $6,000

Over $100,000                         $4,620.50 plus 5.9% of excess over $100,000.

          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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