A. Receipts from selling construction material may be deducted from gross receipts if the sale is made to a person engaged in the construction business who delivers a nontaxable transaction certificate to the seller.

B. The buyer delivering the nontaxable transaction certificate must incorporate the construction material as:

(1) an ingredient or component part of a construction project that is subject to the gross receipts tax upon its completion or upon the completion of the overall construction project of which it is a part;

(2) an ingredient or component part of a construction project that is subject to the gross receipts tax upon the sale in the ordinary course of business of the real property upon which it was constructed; or

(3) an ingredient or component part of a construction project that is located on the tribal territory of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo.

History: 1953 Comp., § 72-16A-14.6, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 144, § 41; 2000, ch. 84, § 3; 2000, ch. 98, § 1; 2001, ch. 343, § 4.

The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, substituted "construction material" for "tangible personal property" in Subsections A and B.

The 2000 amendment, effective March 7, 2000, added Subsection B(3).

"Engaged in the construction business." — Since taxpayer constructed a hotel in this state, and taxpayer held a contractor's license and held itself out to the public as a contractor, there was sufficient evidence to conclude that taxpayer was "engaged in the construction business." Continental Inn of Albuquerque, Inc. v. N.M. Taxation & Revenue Dep't, 1992-NMCA-030, 113 N.M. 588, 829 P.2d 946.

Proper issuance of nontaxable transaction certificate. — The deduction from gross receipts pursuant to this section and 7-9-52 NMSA 1978 is not conditioned upon proper issuance of the nontaxable transaction certificates (NTTC) by the buyer. The determination of whether a NTTC has been properly issued is a matter between the department and the buyer. Continental Inn of Albuquerque, Inc. v. N.M. Taxation & Revenue Dep't, 1992-NMCA-030, 113 N.M. 588, 829 P.2d 946.

Message to seller that seller is entitled to deductions. — The timely delivery of a nontaxable transaction certificate (NTTC) from the buyer to the seller conveys a message to the seller that the use of the NTTC's is such that the seller is entitled to deductions under this section or 7-9-52 NMSA 1978 when taxpayer issued NTTC's to the subcontractors; taxpayer, in essence, represented to the subcontractors that the use of the NTTC's was such that the subcontractors were entitled to deductions from the gross receipts tax. Continental Inn of Albuquerque, Inc. v. N.M. Taxation & Revenue Dep't, 1992-NMCA-030, 113 N.M. 588, 829 P.2d 946.