Eligibility requirements
NMSA 1978, § 7-9F-6
in effect7-9F-6. Eligibility requirements
A. A taxpayer conducting qualified research at a qualified facility and making qualified expenditures is eligible to claim the basic credit pursuant to the Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit Act.
B. A taxpayer conducting qualified research at a qualified facility and making qualified expenditures is eligible to claim the additional credit pursuant to the Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit Act if:
(1) the taxpayer increases the taxpayer's annual payroll expense at the qualified facility by at least seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) over the base payroll expense of the taxpayer;
(2) the increase in Paragraph (1) of this subsection has not previously been used to meet the requirements of this subsection; and
(3) there is at least a seventy-five-thousand-dollar ($75,000) increase in the taxpayer's annual payroll expense for every one million dollars ($1,000,000) in qualified expenditures claimed by the taxpayer in a taxable year in the same claim.
Laws 2000 (2nd S.S.), ch. 22, § 6; 2015 (1st S.S.), ch. 2, § 15.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18507/index.do#!b/7-9F-6Fetched: 10/20/2026