Indian dependents on Indian lands.

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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 7-2-5.5

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Income earned by a member of a New Mexico federally recognized Indian nation, tribe, band or pueblo, the member’s spouse or dependent, who is a member of a New Mexico federally recognized Indian nation, tribe, band or pueblo, is exempt from state income tax if the income is earned from work performed within and the member, spouse or dependent is domiciled within the boundaries of the Indian member’s or the spouse’s reservation or pueblo grant or within the boundaries of land defined as “Indian country” pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1151, as that section may be amended or renumbered, for that nation, tribe, band or pueblo.