7-9-52: Deduction; gross receipts tax; sale of construction services and construction-related services to persons engaged in the construction business.

A. Receipts from selling a construction service or a construction-related service may be deducted from gross receipts if the sale is made to a person engaged in the construction business who delivers a nontaxable transaction certificate to the person performing the construction service or a construction-related service or provides alternative evidence pursuant to Section 7-9-43 NMSA 1978.

B. The buyer shall have the construction services or construction-related services directly contracted for or billed to:

(1) a construction project that is subject to the gross receipts tax upon its completion or upon the completion of the overall construction project of which it is a part;

(2) a construction project that is subject to the gross receipts tax upon the sale in the ordinary course of business of the real property upon which it was constructed; or

(3) a construction project that is located on the tribal territory of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo.