New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 3 - TAXATION
Chapter 2 - GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES
Part 116 - EXEMPTION - GROSS RECEIPTS TAX - OCCASIONAL SALE OF PROPERTY OR SERVICES
Section 3.2.116.9 - LICENSE TO DO BUSINESS OR HOLDING OUT TO DO BUSINESS
Universal Citation: 3 NM Admin Code 3.2.116.9
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Any person who holds a license to sell or lease property or to carry on services or who regularly advertises similar property or services for lease or sale, is engaged in the business of selling or leasing the same or similar property or services and is not entitled to the exemption under Section 7-9-28 NMSA 1978 for the transaction in question.
B. The following general categories illustrate the correct application of Section 7-9-28 NMSA 1978 for a business that is selling property or services that is not related to their business. To determine the taxability of the examples below the criteria in 3.2.116.8 NMAC were used.
(1) Receipts from the sale of equipment and
other tangible personal property that has been employed in private and personal
use are exempt from gross receipts tax pursuant to Section 7-9-28 NMSA 1978,
unless the seller is regularly engaged in the activity of selling private
tangible personal property.
(2)
Receipts from garage sales and yard sales and similar types of sales events are
exempt from gross receipts tax under Section 7-9-28 NMSA 1978, unless the
seller is regularly engaged in the activity of holding such sales, as
determined by the frequency of such sales, advertising of such sales, and other
criteria set out in
3.2.116.8 NMAC.
(3) Receipts from services performed by a
person for someone other than in a capacity as an employee as defined pursuant
to 3.2.105.7 NMAC are not exempt from
the gross receipts tax if the services are of the same or similar nature as
those performed for an employer.
(4) Receipts from the sale of a person's
principal residence, including receipts attributable to improvements to that
residence as defined pursuant to Section 7-9-53 NMSA 1978, are exempt from
gross receipts pursuant to Section 7-9-28 NMSA 1978. Receipts from the sale of
real property and improvements that are not exempt from gross receipts tax
pursuant to Section 7-9-28 NMSA 1978 may be deductible pursuant to Section
7-9-53 NMSA 1978 and Sections
3.2.211.9 and
3.2.211.10 NMAC.
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