{"id":4276,"date":"2020-11-12T13:08:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T20:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tax.newmexico.gov\/governments\/?p=4276"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:16:48","slug":"petes-top-quality-landscaping-llc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tax.newmexico.gov\/governments\/2020\/11\/12\/petes-top-quality-landscaping-llc\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete\u2019s Top Quality Landscaping, LLC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#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\">04\/25\/2016<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogItem\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realfile.tax.newmexico.gov\/16-11_petes_top_quality_landscaping_llc.pdf\">16-11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>On August 14, 2015, the Department assessed the Taxpayer for the tax periods from January 31, 2008 through July 31, 2014.\u00a0 The assessment was for gross receipts tax, withholding tax, and compensating tax, as well as penalty and interest on each of those assessed taxes.\u00a0 On November 12, 2015, the Taxpayer filed a protest of the assessment.\u00a0 At the hearing, the Taxpayer announced that it was no longer protesting the assessment on withholding tax and compensating tax, so the only issue remaining was the protest of the assessment for gross receipts tax.\u00a0 During the period in question, the Taxpayer was selling firewood and other items to its customers, which included restaurants and other landscape companies.\u00a0 The Taxpayer accepted nontaxable transaction certificates (NTTCs) from several of its customers and did not include receipts from those sales in its gross receipts.\u00a0 The Department audited the Taxpayer and disallowed deductions for sales of firewood that the Taxpayer made to various restaurants because the restaurants were not reselling the firewood, but using it for cooking and\/or heating.\u00a0 The Taxpayer acknowledged that it owned some of the assessed gross receipts tax because it failed to obtain NTTCs from some of the other landscapers to whom it was selling.\u00a0 The Taxpayer argued that it should be allowed to deduct the receipts for which it had NTTCs because they were accepted in good faith, even though it knew the restaurants were using the firewood and not selling it.\u00a0 The Taxpayer asserted that it had contacted the Department prior to accepting the NTTCs from the restaurants to make sure that they were applicable, and that two Department employees assured them that they were applicable.\u00a0 The Department argued that the NTTCs were invalid because the restaurants were using the firewood, not reselling it, and the Taxpayer was aware of this. 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