Section 7-13-5 - Tax returns; payment of tax

Distributors shall file gasoline tax returns in form and content as prescribed by the secretary on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month following the month in which gasoline is received in New Mexico. Such returns shall be accompanied by payment of the amount of gasoline tax due. The department may require that the tax returns be provided through electronic means as long as an exception is provided for distributors with limited amounts of fuel distributed. History: 1953 Comp., § 72-27-5, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 207, § 5; 1983, ch. 204, § 5; 1993, ch. 32, § 6; 2005, ch. 109, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 2005 amendment, effective January 1, 2006, provided that the taxation and revenue department may require that tax returns be provided by electronic means if an exception is given to distributors with limited amounts of fuel distributed. The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted 'secretary' for 'director' in the first sentence.