New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 3 - TAXATION
Chapter 1 - TAX ADMINISTRATION
Part 4 - FILING
Section 3.1.4.11 - SEMIANNUAL OR QUARTERLY FILING

(1) Persons who are liable for reporting taxes under the Resources Excise Tax Act (Sections 7-25-1 to 7-25-9 NMSA 1978) or the Severance Tax Act (Sections 7-26-1 to 7-26-8 NMSA 1978) and whose anticipated aggregate tax liability for both of these taxes is less than $200 a month may report and pay these taxes at quarterly or semiannual intervals if the taxpayer applies for and obtains the prior approval of the secretary or secretary's delegate. The semiannual reporting and payment intervals shall be only for the periods of January through June and July through December of any calendar year and the quarterly intervals shall be only for the three-month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of any calendar year.

(2) The taxpayer may not change from one reporting interval to another without the prior written approval of the secretary or secretary's delegate.

(3) As a condition of approving semiannual or quarterly reporting, the secretary may require the posting of a surety bond or other acceptable security in an appropriate amount payable to the state of New Mexico guaranteeing payment to the state of New Mexico of the taxpayer's tax liability under the Resources Excise Tax Act or Severance Tax Act.

(1) Any taxpayer with an anticipated CRS liability of less than $200 per month may report and pay these taxes at quarterly or semiannual intervals if the taxpayer applies for and obtains the prior approval of the secretary or secretary's delegate. Prior approval is also required when a taxpayer, having received permission to file on a quarterly or semiannual basis, wishes to change from quarterly to semiannual or semiannual to quarterly. Quarterly reporting and payment intervals shall be only the three-month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31. Semiannual reporting and payment intervals shall be only for the reporting periods of January through June and July through December. Approval, once granted, applies only so long as the taxpayer's actual average liability for the reporting periods does not exceed $200 per month.

(2) Any taxpayer who is registered to report and pay on a quarterly or semiannual basis and who subsequently has an average CRS liability over any one-year period of two hundred dollars or more per month must report and pay on a monthly basis, beginning with the first month following the close of the last quarterly or semi-annual reporting period within that year. In addition, when the department, upon examination of its records, discovers a taxpayer who is registered to report and pay on a quarterly or semiannual basis but who has an average monthly CRS liability of two hundred dollars or more over a one-year period may withdraw its approval and require the taxpayer to report and pay on a monthly basis, beginning with a month selected by the department.

(3) The secretary shall furnish the necessary forms to apply for filing tax returns at semiannual or quarterly intervals and to change the reporting interval. A taxpayer may change from quarterly or semiannual intervals to monthly without prior approval of the secretary or the secretary's delegate if the taxpayer begins monthly reporting with the first month following the end of a quarter or semiannual period.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of Subsection B of 3.1.4.11 NMAC, the taxpayer may not change from one reporting interval to another without the prior written approval of the secretary or secretary's delegate.

(5) As a condition of approving semiannual or quarterly reporting, the secretary may require the posting of a surety bond or other acceptable security in an appropriate amount payable to the state of New Mexico guaranteeing payment to the state of New Mexico of the taxpayer's CRS liability.

(1) Persons who are liable for reporting the water conservation fee under Section 74-1-13 NMSA 1978 and whose anticipated aggregate liability for the fee is less than $200 a month may report and pay this fee at quarterly or semiannual intervals if the taxpayer applies for and obtains the prior approval of the secretary or the secretary's delegate. The semiannual reporting and payment intervals shall be only for the periods of January through June and July through December of any calendar year. The quarterly reporting and payment intervals shall be only for the three-month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of any calendar year.

(2) Persons who are liable for reporting the water conservation fee may not change from one reporting interval to another without the prior written approval of the secretary or the secretary's delegate except that the person may change without prior approval from quarterly or semiannual reporting to monthly if the person begins the monthly reporting with either the January or July reporting period.

(3) As a condition of approving quarterly or semiannual reporting, the secretary or the secretary's delegate may require the posting of a security bond or other acceptable security in an appropriate amount payable to the state of New Mexico guaranteeing payment to the state of New Mexico of the person's water conservation fee liability.

(1) In anticipation that distributors who are required to file and pay the alternative fuel excise tax will have a tax liability of less than $200 per month, distributors are authorized to report and pay this tax on a quarterly basis without advance approval of the secretary. The quarterly reporting and payment intervals shall only be for the three-month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.

(2) After December 31, 1996, any distributor reporting and paying on a quarterly basis whose alternative fuel excise tax liability averages more than $200 per month during a calendar quarter will be required to report and pay alternative fuel excise tax on a monthly basis. After December 31, 1996, any distributor reporting on a monthly basis but whose alternative fuel tax liability is less than $200 per month may report and pay the alternative fuel excise tax on a quarterly basis if the distributor obtains the prior approval of the secretary or the secretary's delegate.

(3) This regulation is retroactively applicable to tax periods beginning on or after January 1, 1996.