{"id":6491,"date":"2007-06-11T11:35:42","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T17:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tax.newmexico.gov\/all-nm-taxes\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:33:32","slug":"james-h-avant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tax.newmexico.gov\/all-nm-taxes\/2007\/06\/11\/james-h-avant\/","title":{"rendered":"James H. Avant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogDateTitleContainer\">\n<div class=\"blogDateTitle\">06\/11\/2007<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogItem\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realfile.tax.newmexico.gov\/07-10__james_avant.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">07-10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Department assessed the Taxpayer for 1999 New Mexico personal income tax, plus penalty and interest. \u00a0The Taxpayer protested, challenging the validity of state and federal income tax laws. \u00a0 The Taxpayer did not deny that he earned the income in question, nor did he question the method by which his New Mexico personal income tax liability was calculated. \u00a0Held: \u00a0The Taxpayer\u2019s arguments are not new, but are based on standard tax protester rhetoric which has been rejected by both state and federal courts. \u00a0 The Taxpayer failed to meet his burden of proving that the assessment was incorrect. \u00a0 Protest denied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/all-nm-taxes\/tax-decisions-orders\/\">Back to Tax Decisions &amp; Orders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>06\/11\/2007 07-10 The Department assessed the Taxpayer for 1999 New Mexico personal income tax, plus penalty and interest. \u00a0The Taxpayer protested, challenging the validity of state and federal income tax laws. \u00a0 The Taxpayer did not deny that he earned the income in question, nor did he question the method by which his New Mexico [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:divi\/placeholder \/-->","_et_gb_content_width":"960","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tax-decisions-orders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>James H. 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