Implementing Sector: | State |
Category: | Financial Incentive |
State: | New Mexico |
Incentive Type: | Sales Tax Incentive |
Administrator: | New Mexico Taxation & Revenue Department |
Start Date: | 06/17/2005 |
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: | Biomass, Hydrogen, Municipal Solid Waste, Combined Heat & Power, Landfill Gas, Anaerobic Digestion, Microturbines |
Name: | NM Stat. § 7-9-98 |
Date Enacted: | 04/05/2005 |
Effective Date: | 06/17/2005 |
In 2005, New Mexico adopted a policy to allow businesses to deduct the value of biomass equipment and biomass materials used for the processing of biopower, biofuels, or biobased products in determining the amount of Compensating Tax due.
New Mexico's Compensating Tax is an excise, or "use" tax, which is typically levied on the purchaser of the product or service for using tangible property in the state. The tax applies to imports of factory and office equipment, and other items. The rate is 5.125% on certain property used in New Mexico and 5% on certain services used in New Mexico. Compensating Tax is designed to protect New Mexico businesses from unfair competition from out-of-state business not subject to a sales or gross receipts tax. This biomass Compensating Tax deduction is analogous to a sales tax exemption for renewable energy equipment available in some other states.
Deductions from compensating tax do not have to be reported to the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department but records substantiating the deduction should be kept in the taxpayer's records.
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