New Jersey Statutes 54:32B-45. Definitions relative to “Uniform Sales and Tax Administration Act
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:32B-45
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
“Agreement” means the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement;
“Certified automated system” means software certified jointly by the states that are signatories to the Agreement to calculate the tax imposed by each jurisdiction on a transaction, determine the amount of tax to remit to the appropriate state, and maintain a record of the transaction;
“Certified service provider” means an agent certified jointly by the states that are signatories to the Agreement to perform all of the seller’s sales tax functions;
“Person” means an individual, trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, or any other legal entity;
“Sales and use tax” means the tax imposed pursuant to P.L.1966, c.30 (C. 54:32B-1 et seq.);
“Seller” means a person making sales, leases, or rentals of personal property or services; and
“State” means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia.
L.2001,c.431,s.2.