Section 7-33-8 - Tax return; tax remittance; additional information.

NM Stat § 7-33-8 (2019) (N/A)
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A. Each processor shall submit a return monthly to the department in the form and manner required by the department showing for the month the total mmbtus of natural gas received by the processor at the inlet of the natural gas processing plant and the total mmbtus of natural gas deducted pursuant to the Natural Gas Processors Tax Act. All tax due or to be remitted by the processor shall accompany the return.

B. The return required by this section shall be filed on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month after the calendar month for which the return is required.

C. The department may require additional reports or information as necessary for the proper administration of the Natural Gas Processors Tax Act.

History: 1953 Comp., § 72-23-8, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 179, § 8; 1970, ch. 13, § 7; 1998, ch. 102, § 5.

The 1998 amendment, effective January 1, 1999, substituted "return" for "report" in the section heading and rewrote the section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable.

"Interest owners" liable under former article. — Under the version of this article in effect prior to the 1998 amendment of 7-33-4 NMSA 1978, the "interest owner" of the natural gas was liable for the privilege tax on processing natural gas. Blackwood & Nichols Co. v. N.M. Taxation & Revenue Dep't, 1998-NMCA-113, 125 N.M. 576, 964 P.2d 137, cert. denied, 126 N.M. 107, 967 P.2d 447 (decided under prior law).