New Jersey Statutes 54:39A-8. Credit for motor fuel tax paid
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:39A-8
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- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. 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
(a) (1) When the amount of the credit herein provided to which any user is entitled for any tax quarter exceeds the amount of the tax for which such user is liable for the same tax quarter, such excess shall be allowed as a credit. Such credit, if not refunded, shall be allowed as an offset of the liabilities of the user for the eight calendar quarters following the reporting period from which the credit derived or until the credit is exhausted, whichever occurs sooner.
(2) The user shall receive a refund of any accumulated credits claimed, notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.54:49-14 to the contrary, within the two-year period commencing with the end of the reporting period from which the credit derived; provided however, that refunds shall be withheld if the user is delinquent on any amounts due to be paid or collected under this act unless the unpaid amount is under appeal pursuant to the requirements of this act.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of P.L.1992, c.175 (C. 54:49-15.1), to the contrary, interest shall be allowed on a refund determined to be properly due at the rate of one percent per month or part thereof, and interest shall commence to accrue on the date of the filing by the taxpayer of a claim for refund of an amount paid; provided however, that no interest shall be allowed or paid on an amount refunded within 90 days after the receipt of the claim for refund by a user.
(b) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.347).
(c) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.347).
(d) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.347).
(e) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.347).
(f) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.347).
L.1963,c.44,s.8; amended 1964,c.258,s.1; 1973,c.117,s.8; 1985,c.7,s.2; 1995,c.347,s.5.