The corporate franchise tax amount imposed on a corporation by Section 7-2A-3 NMSA 1978 shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per taxable year or any fraction thereof.
History: Laws 1986, ch. 20, § 37; 1992, ch. 78, § 3.
The 1992 amendment, effective May 20, 1992, added "or any fraction thereof" at the end of the section.
Computation. — The tax provided by the former section was a franchise tax, since neither the property nor the capital stock of the corporation is taxed. Values of property and gross receipts are used as factors to determine the number of shares of the corporate stock that measures the tax. Southern Pac. Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 1937-NMSC-059, 41 N.M. 556, 72 P.2d 15.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 2A - Corporate Income and Franchise Tax
Section 7-2A-3 - Imposition and levy of taxes.
Section 7-2A-5 - Corporate income tax rates.
Section 7-2A-5.1 - Corporate franchise tax amount.
Section 7-2A-6 - Tax computation; alternative method.
Section 7-2A-7 - Taxes applied to corporations on federal areas.
Section 7-2A-8.3 - Combined and consolidated returns.
Section 7-2A-8.6 - Credit for preservation of cultural property; corporate income tax credit.
Section 7-2A-8.8 - Welfare-to-work tax credit.
Section 7-2A-8.9 - Tax credit; certain conveyances of real property.
Section 7-2A-9 - Taxpayer returns; payment of tax.
Section 7-2A-9.1 - Estimated tax due; payment of estimated tax; penalty; exemption.
Section 7-2A-9.2 - Limitation on claiming of credits and tax rebates.
Section 7-2A-10 - Information returns.
Section 7-2A-11 - Accounting methods.
Section 7-2A-12 - Fiscal years permitted.
Section 7-2A-13 - Administration.
Section 7-2A-14 - Corporate-supported child care; credits allowed.
Section 7-2A-15 - Qualified business facility rehabilitation credit; corporate income tax credit.
Section 7-2A-16 - Intergovernmental business tax credit.
Section 7-2A-17.1 - Job mentorship tax credit.
Section 7-2A-18 - Credit; certain electronic equipment.
Section 7-2A-21 - Sustainable building tax credit.
Section 7-2A-23 - Credit; blended biodiesel fuel.
Section 7-2A-24 - Geothermal ground-coupled heat pump tax credit.
Section 7-2A-25 - Advanced energy corporate income tax credit.
Section 7-2A-26 - Agricultural biomass corporate income tax credit.
Section 7-2A-27 - Veteran employment tax credit.
Section 7-2A-28 - 2015 sustainable building tax credit.
Section 7-2A-28.1 - 2021 sustainable building tax credit.
Section 7-2A-29 - Foster youth employment corporate income tax credit.
Section 7-2A-31 - Deduction; income from leasing a liquor license.