NMSA 7-2F-12. Credit claims; certification of direct production and
AI-assisted research summary: The division must certify film production budgets, but not if the expected claims would push annual claims over $100 million, except for New Mexico film partner productions.
7-2F-12. Credit claims; certification of direct production and postproduction expenditures; aggregate amount of claims allowed; exception. (Effective January 1, 2027.) A. The division shall certify a film production company's budget for direct production expenditures and postproduction expenditures during a preproduction meeting with the division; provided that the division is prohibited from certifying a film production company's budget if the total expected claims in excess of the aggregate amount of claims that may be authorized for payment pursuant to Subsection B of this section would exceed one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in any fiscal year; and provided further that the limitation in this subsection shall not apply to certification of a budget for a New Mexico film partner production. B. The aggregate amount of claims for a credit provided by the Film Production Tax Credit Act that may be authorized in any fiscal year with respect to the direct production expenditures or postproduction expenditures made on film or commercial audiovisual products shall be in the following amounts; provided that direct production expenditures and postproduction expenditures made for a New Mexico film partner production shall not be subject to the aggregate amount of claims provided by this subsection: (1) prior to fiscal year 2024, one hundred ten million dollars ($110,000,000); (2) from fiscal year 2024 through fiscal year 2028, the amount provided in Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be increased by ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in each of those fiscal years; and (3) for fiscal year 2029 and subsequent fiscal years, one hundred sixty million dollars ($160,000,000). C. If a film production company submits a claim to the taxation and revenue department for a credit pursuant to the Film Production Tax Credit Act and the aggregate amount of claims pursuant to Subsection B of this section has been met for the fiscal year, the claim shall be placed at the front of a queue for payment in a subsequent fiscal year. Claims shall be placed in order of the date on which the completed return in which the credit is claimed is filed. Claims authorized for payment shall be paid pursuant to the Tax Administration Act [Chapter 7, Article 1 NMSA 1978]. D. To provide guidance to film production companies regarding the amount of credit capacity remaining in the fiscal year, the taxation and revenue department shall post monthly on that department's website the aggregate amount of credits claimed and paid for the fiscal year. In addition, the division shall post monthly on the division's website the aggregate amount of claims certified pursuant to Subsection A of this section for the fiscal year or any subsequent fiscal year. History: Laws 2015, ch. 143, § 11; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2019, ch. 87, § 6; 2023, ch. 211, § 32; 2026, ch. 31, § 7.