Business Advocacy

Weighed down by the double burden of a major decline in gross receipts taxes due to COVID-19 and a steep decline in global oil prices, New Mexico’s recurring revenues are expected to decline somewhere between $1.7 and $2.4 billion in FY2021, according to consensus revenue estimates released by the Governor’s office and state legislature last

One major concern for businesses as New Mexico and the country at large move toward re-opening the economy under state and federal COVID-19 safety guidelines is the lack of liability protection. If business owners make consistent good faith efforts to follow all public health guidelines to protect customers and employees, but are still at risk

Last week, New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee issued a white paper covering both the current status of the pandemic in New Mexico and the conditions necessary to begin the gradual reopening of the state’s economy. Perhaps the most comprehensive review of the state’s current situation and outlook for the future made publicly available so far,