N.J.S.A. 54:10A-18 — Forms; certification; S corporation, professional service corporation returns.

54:10A-18 Forms; certification; S corporation, professional service corporation returns. 18. a. The director shall design a form of return and forms for such additional statements or schedules as the director may require to be filed therewith. Such forms shall provide for the setting forth of such facts as the director may deem necessary for the proper enforcement of this act. The director shall cause a supply thereof to be printed and shall furnish appropriate blank forms to each taxpayer upon application or otherwise as he may deem necessary. Failure to receive a form shall not relieve any taxpayer from the obligation to file a return under the provisions of this act. Each such return shall have annexed thereto a certification by the president, vice-president, comptroller, secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, accounting officer of the taxpayer or any other officer of the taxpayer duly authorized so to act to the effect that the statements contained therein are true. The fact that an individual's name is signed on a certification of the report shall be prima facie evidence that such individual is authorized to sign and certify the report on behalf of the corporation. In the case of a corporation in liquidation or in the hands of a receiver or trustee, certification shall be made by the person responsible for the conduct of the affairs of such corporation. b. The return of an S corporation shall, in addition to any information set forth pursuant to subsection a. of this section, set forth with respect to each shareholder: the shareholder's name, address and federal taxpayer identification number (social security number or employer identification number); whether the shareholder is a resident of this State; whether the shareholder has filed a consent to jurisdictional requirements pursuant to section 3 or section 4 of P.L.1993, c.173 (C.54:10A-5.22 or C.54:10A-5.23); the allocation factor determined pursuant to sections 6 through 10 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-6 through 54:10A-10); the amount of any distribution made to the shareholder, including any amount paid on behalf of the shareholder pursuant to subsection c. or d. of section 4 of P.L.1993, c.173 (C.54:10A-5.23); the balance of the accumulated earnings and profits account; the balance of the accumulated adjustments account described in section 16 of P.L.1993, c.173 (C.54A:5-14), which account the corporation shall maintain; and such other information as the director may prescribe by regulation. The S corporation shall, on or before the day on which such return is required to be filed, furnish to each person who was a shareholder during the privilege period a copy of such information shown on the return as the director may by regulation prescribe. c. (1) The return of a taxpayer that is a professional corporation organized pursuant to P.L.1969, c. 232 (C.14A:17-1 et seq.) or a similar corporation for profit organized for the purpose of rendering professional services under the laws of another state, shall in addition to any information set forth pursuant to subsection a. of this section, set forth the name, address and federal taxpayer identification number (social security number or employer identification number) of each licensed professional of the corporation. (2) Each professional corporation organized pursuant to P.L.1969, c.232 (C.14A:17-1 et seq.) or similar corporation for profit organized for the purpose of rendering professional services under the laws of another state that has more than two licensed professionals shall at the time such return is required to be filed make a payment of a filing fee of $150 for each licensed professional of the corporation, up to a maximum of $250,000. (3) Each professional corporation or similar corporation for profit organized under the laws of another state required to make a payment pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection shall also make, at the same time as making its payment pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an installment payment of its filing fee for the succeeding return period in an amount equal to 50% of the amount required to be paid pursuant to paragraph (2). The amount of the installment payment shall be credited against the amount of the filing fee due for the succeeding return period, or, if the amount of the installment payment exceeds the amount of the filing fee due for the succeeding return period, successive return periods. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.54:48-2 and R.S.54:48-4 to the contrary, the fee required pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection and the installment payment required pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection shall, for purposes of administration, be payments to which the provisions of the State Uniform Tax Procedure Law, R.S.54:28-1 et seq., shall be applicable and the collection thereof may be enforced by the director in the manner therein provided. L.1945,c.162,s.18; amended 1958, c.63, s.10; 1993, c.173, s.6; 2002, c.40, s.14. 54:10A-19 Extension for filing returns; interest. 19. The director may grant a reasonable extension of time for the filing of returns or the payment of tax or both, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, which rules and regulations may require the filing of a tentative return and the payment of an estimated tax. If the time for filing the return shall be extended, the payment of the portion of the tax remaining to be paid, if any, shall be postponed to the date fixed by the extension of the time for the filing of the return, but in every such case the corporation shall pay, in addition to the unpaid portion of the tax, interest thereon at the rate as provided in the State Tax Uniform Procedure Law, R.S.54:48-1 et seq., from the time when the return originally was required to be filed to the date of actual payment under the extension; provided, that if such unpaid portion of the tax is not paid within the time fixed under the extension, the interest on such unpaid portion shall be computed at the rate as provided in the State Tax Uniform Procedure Law, R.S.54:48-1 et seq., from the date the tax was originally due to the date of actual payment and if the amounts paid up to and including the time of the filing of the tentative return total less than the lesser of: 90% of the amount due; or for a taxpayer that had a preceding fiscal or calendar accounting year of 12 months and filed a return for that year showing a liability for tax, an amount equal to the tax computed at the rates applicable to the current fiscal or calendar accounting year but otherwise on the basis of the facts shown on the return of the taxpayer for, and the law applicable to, the preceding fiscal or calendar accounting year, the taxpayer shall be liable for a penalty of 5% per month or fraction thereof on the amount of underpayment, not to exceed 25% of that underpayment, which shall be in addition to the interest charges provided above. L.1945,c.162,s.19; amended 1947, c.50, s.8; 1958, c.63, s.11; 1975, c.177, s.10; 1981, c.184, s.6; 1987, c.76, s.51; 1992, c.175, s.20; 1998, c.106, s.2.

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