Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 7-1-9 - Address of notices and payments; timely mailing constitutes timely filing or makingA. Any notice required or authorized by the Tax Administration Act to be given by mail is effective if mailed or served by the secretary or the secretary's delegate to the taxpayer or person at the last address shown on his registration certificate or other record of the department. Any notice, return, application or payment required or authorized to be delivered to the secretary or the department by mail shall be addressed to the secretary of taxation and revenue, taxation and revenue department, Santa Fe, New Mexico or in any other manner which the secretary by regulation or instruction may direct.B. Except as provided otherwise in Section 7-1-13.1 NMSA 1978, all notices, returns, applications or payments authorized or required to be made or given by mail are timely if mailed on or before the date on which they are required. The secretary by regulation may provide that delivery to a private delivery or courier service on or before the date on which mailing is required constitutes timely mailing and may specify standards under which the service's time stamps or other indication of date of delivery to the service are adequate to determine actual time of delivery to the service.1953 Comp., § 72-13-26, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 248, § 14; 1979, ch. 144, § 8; 1985, ch. 65, § 11; 1986, ch. 20, § 13; 1988, ch. 99, § 1; 1997, ch. 67, § 2.