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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:8A-47

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
(a) A person required to make and file a return under this act shall, without assessment, notice or demand, pay any tax due thereon to the Division of Taxation on or before the date fixed for filing such return (determined without regard to any extension of time for filing the return). The Division of Taxation shall prescribe by regulation the place for filing any return, declaration, statement, or other document required pursuant to this act and for payment of any tax.

(b) Any return, declaration, statement or other document required to be made pursuant to this act shall be signed in accordance with regulations or instructions prescribed by the Division of Taxation. The fact that an individual’s name is signed to a return, declaration, statement, or other document, shall be prima facie evidence for all purposes that the return, declaration, statement or other document was actually signed by him.

(c) The making or filing of any return, declaration, statement or other document or copy thereof required to be made or filed pursuant to this act, including a copy of a Federal return, shall constitute a certification by the person making or filing such return, declaration, statement or other document or copy thereof that the statements contained therein are true and that any copy filed is a true copy.

L.1961, c. 32, p. 150, s. 47, eff. May 29, 1961. Amended by L.1961, c. 129, p. 792, s. 31.