New Mexico § 7-7-2 Definitions

New Mexico Statutes

§ 7-7-2 — Definitions

New Mexico § 7-7-2

Ch. 7Taxation

Art. 7Estate Tax

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 7-7-2 (2026).

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As used in the Estate Tax Act [7-7-1 to 7-7-12 NMSA 1978]: A. "department" means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or any employee of the department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary; B. "certificate" means a certificate of no tax due or a receipt for payment of the tax due under the Estate Tax Act; C. "decedent" means a deceased individual; D. "federal credit" means the maximum amount of the credit for estate death taxes allowed by Section 2011 for the decedent's net estate; E. "gross estate" means "gross estate" as defined and used in Section 2031 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or renumbered; F. "net estate" means "taxable estate" as defined in Section 2051 of the United State

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As used in the Estate Tax Act [7-7-1 to 7-7-12 NMSA 1978]: A. "department" means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or any employee of the department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary; B. "certificate" means a certificate of no tax due or a receipt for payment of the tax due under the Estate Tax Act; C. "decedent" means a deceased individual; D. "federal credit" means the maximum amount of the credit for estate death taxes allowed by Section 2011 for the decedent's net estate; E. "gross estate" means "gross estate" as defined and used in Section 2031 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or renumbered; F. "net estate" means "taxable estate" as defined in Section 2051 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or renumbered; G. "nonresident" means a decedent who was domiciled outside New Mexico at his death; H. "person" means any individual, estate, trust, receiver, cooperative association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate or other entity and, to the extent permitted by law, any federal, state or other governmental unit or subdivision or agency, department or instrumentality thereof; I. "personal representative" means the executor or administrator of a decedent or, if no executor or administrator is appointed, qualified and acting, any person who has possession of any property; J. "property" means property included in the gross estate; K. "resident" means a decedent who was domiciled in New Mexico at his death; L. "Section 2011" means Section 2011 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or renumbered; and M. "transfer" means "transfer" as defined and used in Section 2001 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or renumbered.