Section 7-3A-3 - Withholding from oil and gas proceeds. - New Mexico Statutes

7-3A-3. Withholding from oil and gas proceeds.

A.     Except as otherwise provided in this section, a remitter shall deduct and withhold from each payment of oil and gas proceeds being made to a remittee an amount equal to the rate specified in Subsection D of this section multiplied by the amount prior to withholding that otherwise would have been payable to the remittee.

B.     Except as otherwise provided in this section, a pass-through entity shall deduct and withhold from each owner's share of net income for that quarter an amount equal to the rate specified in Subsection D of this section multiplied by the owner's share of that net income, reduced, but not below zero, by the amount required to be withheld from the owner's net income under Subsection A of this section.

C.     The obligation to deduct and withhold from payments or net income as provided in Subsections A and B of this section does not apply to payments that are made to:

(1)     a corporation whose principle place of business is in New Mexico or an individual who is a resident of New Mexico;

(2)     the United States, this state or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of either;

(3)     any federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof; or

(4)     organizations that have been granted exemption from the federal income tax by the United States commissioner of internal revenue as organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

D.     The rate of withholding shall be set by a department directive; provided that the rate may not exceed the higher of the maximum bracket rate set by Section 7-2-7 NMSA 1978 for the taxable year or the maximum bracket rate set by Section 7-2A-5 NMSA 1978 for the taxable year; and provided further that remitters shall be given ninety days' notice of a change in the rate.

E.     If a pass-through entity has been in existence for at least one full taxable year prior to the current calendar year, the pass-through entity may use one-fourth of its total net income for the preceding full taxable year to compute the amount required to be deducted and withheld each quarter under Subsection B of this section.

F.     If a remitter receives oil and gas proceeds from which an amount has been deducted and withheld pursuant to the Oil and Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through Entity Withholding Tax Act or a pass-through entity has deducted and withheld an amount pursuant to the Oil and Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through Entity Withholding Tax Act from the net income of an owner that is also a pass-through entity, the remitter or payee pass-through entity may take credit for that amount in determining the amount the remitter or payee pass-through entity must withhold and deduct pursuant to this section.

G.     If the amount to be withheld from all payments to a remittee in a calendar quarter has not exceeded thirty dollars ($30.00) and a payment to a remittee is less than ten dollars ($10.00), no withholding is required.  If the amount to be withheld from an owner's share of net income in any calendar quarter is less than thirty dollars ($30.00), no withholding is required.

H.     At the option of a remitter or pass-through entity, a remitter or pass-through entity may agree with a remittee or an owner that the remittee or owner pay the amount that the remitter or pass-through entity would have been required to withhold and remit to the department on behalf of the remittee or owner pursuant to the Oil and Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through Entity Withholding Tax Act.  The payments by the remittee or owner shall be remitted on the dates set forth in Section 7-3A-6 NMSA 1978 on forms and in the manner required by the department.