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class=\"blogItem\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realfile.tax.newmexico.gov\/16-04_that's_the_key.pdf\">16-04<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>On October 7, 2015, the Department assessed the Taxpayer for gross receipts tax, penalty and interest for the CRS reporting periods between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2011.\u00a0 On October 9, 2015, the Taxpayer protested the assessment, asking that the Department remove the penalty and interest.\u00a0 The Taxpayer is a family-run business that performs re-keying services for realtors and real estate companies.\u00a0 Through its Schedule C mismatch program with the IRS, the Department detected that the Taxpayer reported business income on its Federal Schedule C that was not reported on its CRS returns in New Mexico.\u00a0 During the period in question, the Taxpayer performed re-keying services for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and this income is the discrepancy discovered by the Department.\u00a0 The Taxpayer believed that these were government agencies exempt 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