§ 7-3A-5 — Remitters and pass-through entities liable for amounts

New Mexico § 7-3A-5

• Jurisdiction: New Mexico
• Ch. 7: Taxation
• Art. 3A: Oil and Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through Entity

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deducted and withheld; exceptions. A. Every remitter or pass-through entity is liable for: (1) amounts required to be deducted and withheld by the Oil and Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through Entity Withholding Tax Act regardless of whether the amounts were in fact deducted and withheld; and (2) for the amounts that a remittee or an owner has agreed to remit pursuant to Subsection G of Section 7-3A-3 NMSA 1978, once the department has notified the remitter or pass-through entity that the remittee or owner has failed to remit. B. A remitter or pass-through entity is not liable for amounts required to be deducted and withheld by the Oil and Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through Entity Withholding Tax Act but not deducted or withheld if: (1) the remitter or pass-through entity fails to deduct and withhold the required amounts and if the tax against which the required amounts would have been credited is paid; or (2) the remitter's or pass-through entity's failure to deduct and withhold the required amounts is due to reasonable cause.

Legislative History

1978 Comp., § 7-3A-5, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 86, § 8; 2010, ch. 53, § 12;