Election of alternative tax.

Any person: A. who is required by the Income Tax Act [Chapter 7, Article 2 NMSA 1978] or the Corporate Income and Franchise Tax Act [Chapter 7, Article 2A NMSA 1978] to file a return; B. whose only activities in New Mexico consist of making sales; C. who does not own or rent real estate within the state of New Mexico; and D. whose annual gross sales in or into New Mexico amount to not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) may elect to pay a tax of three-fourths of one percent of his annual gross receipts derived from sales in or into New Mexico in lieu of paying an income tax.