A. Prior to January 1, 2026, a taxpayer who is a liquor license lessor and who held the license on June 30, 2021 may claim a deduction from net income in an amount equal to the gross receipts from sales of alcoholic beverages made by each liquor license lessee in an amount, if the liquor license is a dispenser’s license and sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption off premises are less than fifty percent of total alcoholic beverage sales, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each of four taxable years.

B. Married individuals filing separate returns for a taxable year for which they could have filed a joint return may each claim only one-half of a deduction provided by this section that would have been claimed on a joint return.

C. A taxpayer may claim the deduction provided by this section in proportion to the taxpayer’s ownership interest if the taxpayer owns an interest in a business entity that is taxed for federal income tax purposes as a partnership or limited liability company and that business entity has met all of the requirements to be eligible for the deduction. The total deduction claimed in the aggregate by all members of the partnership or association with respect to the deduction shall not exceed the amount of the deduction that could have been claimed by a sole owner of the business.

D. A taxpayer allowed a deduction pursuant to this section shall report the amount of the deduction to the department in a manner required by the department.

E. The department shall compile an annual report on the deduction provided by this section that shall include the number of taxpayers that claimed the deduction, the aggregate amount of deductions claimed and any other information necessary to evaluate the cost of the deduction. The department shall provide the report to the revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and the legislative finance committee with an analysis of the cost of the deduction.

F. As used in this section:

(1)     “alcoholic beverage” means alcoholic beverage as defined in the Liquor

Control Act;

(2)     “dispenser’s license” means a license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 N.M. Stat. Ann.] allowing the licensee to sell, offer for sale or have in the person’s possession with the intent to sell alcoholic beverages both by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises and in unbroken packages, including growlers, for consumption and not for resale off the licensed premises;

(3)     “growler” means a clean, refillable, resealable container that has a liquid capacity that does not exceed one gallon and that is intended and used for the sale of beer, wine or cider;

(4)     “liquor license” means a dispenser’s license issued pursuant to section 60-6A-3 N.M. Stat. Ann. or a dispenser’s license issued pursuant to Section 60-6A-12 N.M. Stat. Ann. issued prior to July 1, 2021;

(5)     “liquor license lessee” means a person that leases a liquor license from a liquor license lessor; and

(6)     “liquor license lessor” means a person that leases a liquor license to a third party.