Decisions & Orders
Orders are written statements to implement a decision after a Department administrative hearing.
A taxpayer may file an appeal with the New Mexico Court of Appeals within 30 days after the date of the decision. Appeals are decided based on the evidence and arguments presented at the administrative hearing.
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Lighthouse Entertainment (Daniel Dawes)
11/10 21-23 On June 9, 2020, the Department assessed the Taxpayer for gross receipts tax for periods from 2012 through 2016. On September 8, 2020, the Taxpayer filed a timely written protest to the denial of refund. Though the Taxpayer eventually conceded that gross...
Arthur and Elaine Trujillo
08/20 21-20 On February 8, 2021, the Department issued an assessment to the Taxpayer for penalty and interest because of the late payment of personal income tax for 2019. On March 8, 2021, the Taxpayer filed a timely written protest of the assessment. The Taxpayer...
Orville and Sharon Whyte
08/11 21-19 On November 4, 2019, the Department issued an assessment to the Taxpayer for penalty and interest because of the late payment of personal income tax for tax year 2018. On November 7, 2019, the Taxpayer filed a timely written protest to the assessment. The...
David and Raya Kovensky
07/23 21-18 On September 28, 2020, the Department assessed the Taxpayers for personal income tax for tax years 2014 and 2015. On October 6, 2020, the Taxpayers filed a timely written protest to the assessment. The Department determined that additional tax was due...
Ronald Duncan
06/30 21-17 On October 12, 2018, the Department assessed the Taxpayer for gross receipts tax for periods in 2014 and 2015. On December 28, 2018, the Taxpayer submitted a timely protest of the assessment. The Taxpayer performed dining delivery services in these...
Slapfish Restaurant
06/28 21-16 On July 18, 2019, and then again on July 29, 2019, the Department assessed the Taxpayer for gross receipts tax penalty for periods in 2017 and 2018 respectively. The Taxpayer later submitted a timely protest of the penalty. During the periods at issue, the...
ITSQuest Inc
06/17 21-15 On June 17, 2021, the Department assessed the Taxpayer for gross receipts tax for periods from 2011 to 2018. On March 15, 2019, Taxpayer submitted a protest of the assessment to the protest office. The Taxpayer provided employment staffing services and...
Robison Medical Resource Group LLC
05/21 21-14 On February 6, 2020, the Department issued an assessment to the Taxpayer for gross receipts tax for filing periods from 2013 to 2019. On May 6, 2020, the Taxpayer filed a timely written protest of the assessment. The Taxpayer provides temporary services to...
Invictus Technical Solutions, LLC
05/21 21-13 On December 11, 2019, the Department issued an assessment to the Taxpayer for gross receipts taxes in periods from 2012 through 2019. On January 10, 2020, the Taxpayer filed a timely written protest of the assessment. The Taxpayer provided information...
Drivetime Car Sales Co. LLC
05/10 21-12 On October 15, 2018, the Department issued a letter denying the Taxpayer’s refund request for motor vehicle excise taxes paid from 2015 to 2018. On January 10, 2019, the Taxpayer filed a timely written protest of the denial notice. The Taxpayer is a motor...
Candice S Dubois
05/05 21-11 On August 4, 2020, the Department issued a return adjustment notice to the Taxpayer reducing the personal income tax refund for 2019. On August 12, 2020, the Taxpayer filed a timely written protest of the adjustment notice. The Department denied the claim...
Gordon E Johnson
04/27 21-10 On June 17, 2020, the Department assessed the Taxpayer for gross receipts tax, penalty and interest. On June 26, 2020, the Taxpayer’s protest of the assessment was received by the Department. The Taxpayer’s spouse, a registered nurse, worked as a...
Copper Canyon Investments, LLC
04/13 21-09 On April 25, 2020, the Department partially denied the Taxpayer’s request for a refund of gross receipts tax. On July 23, 2020, the Taxpayer filed a timely written protest to the refund denial. The Department denied the claim for refund for periods in 2016...
Donald K Pauly
04/13 21-08 On August 27, 2019, the Department assessed the Taxpayer for personal income tax, penalty and interest for tax years 2013 and 2014. On October 7, 2019, through representation, the Taxpayer submitted a formal protest of the assessment. The primary issue to...
James P. Benvenuti
04/09 21-07 On May 24, 2019, the Department assessed the taxpayer $23,017.64 in gross receipts tax, penalty and interest. On May 29, 2019, the Taxpayer’s formal protest was received by the Department. The Taxpayer is a psychiatrist who provided services to behavioral...
Desire.Santa, LLC
04/07 21-06 On June 5, 2020, the Department issued a letter partially denying the Taxpayer’s request for refund. On June 30, 2020, the Taxpayer filed a timely written protest to the denial. The portion of the refund that was denied was for tax periods from January 1,...
Timberline Environmental Services, LLC
03/17 21-05 On January 19, 2018, the Department assessed the Taxpayer for gross receipts tax, penalty and interest, for periods from 2010 through 2017, in a total amount of $61,167.87. On April 11, 2018, the Taxpayer filed a timely protest of the assessment. The...
Dennette L Kauzlaric
02/19 21-04 On December 10, 2019, the Department assessed the Taxpayer personal income tax, penalty and interest of $2,125.87 for tax year 2018. On February 28, 2020, the Taxpayer submitted a Protest letter. The Taxpayer claimed that penalty and interest should be...
Bryan Huskisson
02/12 21-03 On October 23, 2019, the Department issued an assessment of for gross receipts tax, penalty and interest in a total amount of $3,057.45. On November 5, 2019, the Taxpayer submitted a letter protesting the assessment. Taxpayer did not report income from...
Pedro Ramirez
02/01 21-02 On April 7, 2020, the Department issued a return adjustment notice to the Taxpayer for the 2019 tax year that reduced the amount of the refund because it disallowed the Taxpayer’s claim of his child as a dependent. On April 21, 2020, the Taxpayer filed a...