HOUSE BILL 515
54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019
INTRODUCED BY
Micaela Lara Cadena and Jim R. Trujillo
AN ACT
RELATING TO TAXATION; CREATING A GROSS RECEIPTS TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE SALE OF CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE THROUGH A LICENSED CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] DEDUCTION--GROSS RECEIPTS--CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE THROUGH A LICENSED CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.--
A. Receipts from the sale of child care assistance services by a taxpayer pursuant to a contract with the children, youth and families department to provide such services through a licensed child care assistance program may be deducted from gross receipts.
B. A taxpayer allowed a deduction pursuant to this section shall report the amount of the deduction separately in a manner required by the department.
C. The department shall compile an annual report on the deduction provided by this section that shall include the number of taxpayers that claimed the deduction, the aggregate amount of deductions claimed and any other information necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the deduction. The department shall present the report to the revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and the legislative finance committee with an analysis of the cost of the deduction.
D. As used in this section:
(1) "child care assistance" means "child care assistance" or "early childhood care assistance", as those terms are defined in the Early Childhood Care Accountability Act; and
(2) "licensed child care assistance program" means "licensed child care program", "licensed early childhood care program" or "licensed exempt child care program", as those terms are defined in the Early Childhood Care Accountability Act."
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2019.
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