New Mexico § 7-1-8.9 - Information that may be revealed to local governments and their agencies

§ 7-1-8.9. Information that may be revealed to local governments and their agencies

A. An employee of the department may reveal to: (1) the officials or employees of a municipality of this state authorized in a written

request by the municipality for a period specified in the request within the twelve

months preceding the request; provided that the municipality receiving the information

has entered into a written agreement with the department that the information shall

be used for tax purposes only and specifying that the municipality is subject to the

confidentiality provisions of Section 7-1-8 NMSA 1978 and the penalty provisions of Section 7-1-76 NMSA 1978: (a) the names, taxpayer identification numbers and addresses of registered gross receipts

taxpayers reporting gross receipts for that municipality under the Gross Receipts

and Compensating Tax Act or a local option gross receipts tax imposed by that municipality. The department may also reveal the information described in this subparagraph quarterly

or upon such other periodic basis as the secretary and the municipality may agree

in writing; (b) a range of taxable gross receipts of registered gross receipts paid by taxpayers

from business locations attributable to that municipality under the Gross Receipts

and Compensating Tax Act or a local option gross receipts tax imposed by that municipality;

provided that authorization from the federal internal revenue service to reveal such

information has been received. The department may also reveal the information described in this subparagraph quarterly

or upon such other periodic basis as the secretary and the municipality may agree

in writing; and (c) information indicating whether persons shown on a list of businesses located within

that municipality furnished by the municipality have reported gross receipts to the

department but have not reported gross receipts for that municipality under the Gross

Receipts and Compensating Tax Act or a local option gross receipts tax imposed by

that municipality; (2) the officials or employees of a county of this state authorized in a written request

by the county for a period specified in the request within the twelve months preceding

the request; provided that the county receiving the information has entered into

a written agreement with the department that the information shall be used for tax

purposes only and specifying that the county is subject to the confidentiality provisions

of Section 7-1-8 NMSA 1978 and the penalty provisions of Section 7-1-76 NMSA 1978: (a) the names, taxpayer identification numbers and addresses of registered gross receipts

taxpayers reporting gross receipts either for that county in the case of a local option

gross receipts tax imposed on a countywide basis or only for the areas of that county

outside of any incorporated municipalities within that county in the case of a county

local option gross receipts tax imposed only in areas of the county outside of any

incorporated municipalities. The department may also reveal the information described in this subparagraph quarterly

or upon such other periodic basis as the secretary and the county may agree in writing; (b) a range of taxable gross receipts of registered gross receipts paid by taxpayers

from business locations attributable either to that county in the case of a local

option gross receipts tax imposed on a countywide basis or only to the areas of that

county outside of any incorporated municipalities within that county in the case of

a county local option gross receipts tax imposed only in areas of the county outside

of any incorporated municipalities; provided that authorization from the federal

internal revenue service to reveal such information has been received. The department may also reveal the information described in this subparagraph quarterly

or upon such other periodic basis as the secretary and the county may agree in writing; (c) in the case of a local option gross receipts tax imposed by a county on a countywide

basis, information indicating whether persons shown on a list of businesses located

within the county furnished by the county have reported gross receipts to the department

but have not reported gross receipts for that county under the Gross Receipts and

Compensating Tax Act or a local option gross receipts tax imposed by that county on

a countywide basis; and (d) in the case of a local option gross receipts tax imposed by a county only on persons

engaging in business in that area of the county outside of incorporated municipalities,

information indicating whether persons on a list of businesses located in that county

outside of the incorporated municipalities but within that county furnished by the

county have reported gross receipts to the department but have not reported gross

receipts for that county outside of the incorporated municipalities within that county

under the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act or a local option gross receipts

tax imposed by the county only on persons engaging in business in that county outside

of the incorporated municipalities; and (3) officials or employees of a municipality or county of this state, authorized in

a written request of the municipality or county, for purposes of inspection, the records

of the department pertaining to an increase or decrease to a distribution or transfer

made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978 for the purpose of reviewing the basis for the increase or decrease; provided that

the municipality or county receiving the information has entered into a written agreement

with the department that the information shall be used for tax purposes only and specifying

that the municipality or county is subject to the confidentiality provisions of Section 7-1-8 NMSA 1978 and the penalty provisions of Section 7-1-76 NMSA 1978 . The authorized officials or employees may only reveal the information provided in

this paragraph to another authorized official or employee, to an employee of the department,

or a district court, an appellate court or a federal court in a proceeding relating

to a disputed distribution and in which both the state and the municipality or county

are parties. B. The department may require that a municipal or county official or employee satisfactorily

complete appropriate training on protecting confidential information prior to receiving

the information pursuant to Subsection A of this section.