0001|                           HOUSE BILL 1121
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              FRANK BIRD
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO TAXATION; REDUCING INCOME TAX RATES.
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0012|     
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0013|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0014|          Section 1.  Section 7-2-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0015|     Chapter 5, Section 20) is amended to read:
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0016|          "7-2-7.  INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RATES.--The tax imposed by
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0017|     Section 7-2-3 NMSA 1978 shall be at the following rates for any
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0018|     taxable year beginning on or after January 1, [1996] 1997:
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0019|               A.  For married individuals filing separate returns:
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0020|          If the taxable income is:          The tax shall be:
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0021|     Not over [$4,000                  [1.7% of taxable income
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    Over $4,000 but not over] $8,000  $68.00 plus 3.2% of 
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0023|                                        excess over $4,000] - 0
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0024|     -
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0025|     Over $8,000 but not over $12,000        $196 plus 4.7% of 
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0001|                                             excess over $8,000
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0002|     Over $12,000 but not over $20,000  $384 plus 6.0% of   
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0003|                                        excess over $12,000
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0004|     Over $20,000 but not over $32,000  $864 plus 7.1% of   
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0005|                                        excess over $20,000
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0006|     Over $32,000 but not over $50,000  $1,716 plus 7.9% of      
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0007|                                        excess over $32,000
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0008|     Over $50,000                       $3,138 plus 8.5% of      
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0009|                                        excess over $50,000.
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0010|               B.  For surviving spouses and married individuals
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0011|     filing joint returns:
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0012|          If the taxable income is:          The tax shall be:
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0013|     Not over [$8,000                  [1.7% of taxable income
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    Over $8,000 but not over] $16,000 $136 plus 3.2% of excess 
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0015|                                        over $8,000] - 0 -
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0016|     Over $16,000 but not over $24,000  $392 plus 4.7% of   
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0017|                                        excess over $16,000
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0018|     Over $24,000 but not over $40,000  $768 plus 6.0% of   
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0019|                                        excess over $24,000
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0020|     Over $40,000 but not over $64,000  $1,728 plus 7.1% of      
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0021|                                        excess over $40,000
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0022|     Over $64,000 but not over $100,000 $3,432 plus 7.9% of      
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0023|                                        excess over $64,000
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0024|     Over $100,000                      $6,276 plus 8.5% of      
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0025|                                        excess over $100,000.
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0001|               C.  For single individuals and for estates and
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0002|     trusts:
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0003|          If the taxable income is:          The tax shall be:
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0004|     Not over [$5,500                  [1.7% of taxable income
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    Over $5,500 but not over] $11,000 $93.50 plus 3.2% of      
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0006|                                        excess over $5,500] - 0
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0007|     -
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0008|     Over $11,000 but not over $16,000  $269.50 plus 4.7% of 
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0009|                                             excess over $11,000
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0010|     Over $16,000 but not over $26,000  $504.50 plus 6.0% of 
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0011|                                             excess over $16,000
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0012|     Over $26,000 but not over $42,000  $1,104.50 plus 7.1% of 
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0013|                                        excess over $26,000
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0014|     Over $42,000 but not over $65,000  $2,240.50 plus 7.9% of 
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0015|                                        excess over $42,000
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0016|     Over $65,000                       $4,057.50 plus 8.5% of 
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0017|                                        excess over $65,000.
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0018|               D.  For heads of household filing returns:
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0019|          If the taxable income is:          The tax shall be:
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0020|     Not over [$7,000                  [1.7% of taxable income
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    Over $7,000 but not over] $14,000 $119 plus 3.2% of excess
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0022|                                        over $7,000] - 0 -
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0023|     Over $14,000 but not over $20,000  $343 plus 4.7% of
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0024|                                        excess over $14,000
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0025|     Over $20,000 but not over $33,000  $625 plus 6.0% of
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0001|                                        excess over $20,000
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0002|     Over $33,000 but not over $53,000  $1,405 plus 7.1% of
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0003|                                        excess over $33,000
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0004|     Over $53,000 but not over $83,000  $2,825 plus 7.9% of
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0005|                                        excess over $53,000
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0006|     Over $83,000                       $5,195 plus 8.5% of
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0007|                                        excess over $83,000.
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0008|               E.  The tax on the sum of any lump-sum amounts
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0009|     included in net income is an amount equal to five multiplied by
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0010|     the difference between:
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0011|                    (1)  the amount of tax due on the taxpayer's
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0012|     taxable income; and
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0013|                    (2)  the amount of tax that would be due on an
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0014|     amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable income and twenty
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0015|     percent of the taxpayer's lump-sum amounts included in net
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0016|     income."
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