{"id":6355,"date":"2010-02-09T10:59:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tax.newmexico.gov\/all-nm-taxes\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:33:27","slug":"mekko-miller-elaine-suazo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tax.newmexico.gov\/all-nm-taxes\/2010\/02\/09\/mekko-miller-elaine-suazo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mekko Miller &#038; Elaine Suazo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogDateTitleContainer\">\n<div class=\"blogDateTitle\">02\/09\/2010<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogItem\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tax.newmexico.gov\/all-nm-taxes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/10-01__miller_and_suazo.pdf\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-9723\" target=\"_blank\">10-01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Taxpayers were married in September, 2004. \u00a0For tax years 2004-2006, the Taxpayers filed joint federal income tax returns using an Albuquerque address. \u00a0The Taxpayers believed and claimed that they were entitled to the exemption from payment of New Mexico State Income Taxes for tax years 2004-2006 under Section 7-2-5.5 NMSA 1978, which exempts \u201cearnings by Indians, their Indian spouses and Indian dependents on Indian lands.\u201d \u00a0At the hearing, the Taxpayers conceded that Mrs. Suazo-Miller was not entitled to the exemption as she was living in Albuquerque during the years in question. \u00a0Mr. Miller is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Tesuque and was employed as the Pueblo\u2019s legal counsel during the tax years in question. \u00a0There is not evidence that any money was withheld or that he made any direct payment of New Mexico State Personal Income Tax in any of those years. \u00a0The Taxpayer testified that during the 2004-2006 tax years he resided primarily at real property given to him by his grandparents within the exterior boundaries of the Tesuque Pueblo. \u00a0The Taxpayer is registered to vote at this address. \u00a0The Taxpayers also rented an apartment in Albuquerque in the years 2004-2006 so that Mrs. Suazo-Miller could attend the University of New Mexico and work in Albuquerque. \u00a0Mr. Miller would spend weekends at the apartment with his wife until they separated for several years beginning in 2005. \u00a0The Taxpayers registered their automobiles at the address of their Albuquerque apartment. \u00a0 They testified that this was done by the car dealer as a matter of convenience. \u00a0 In 2008, the Governor of the Pueblo of Tesuque wrote a letter to the Taxpayer informing him that it appeared he was subject to state income tax withholding for that year and the years prior as he was not residing at his property on the Pueblo. \u00a0That letter required that the Taxpayer submit documentation substantiating his address on pueblo land by a given deadline. 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