2. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.54A:5-1, if any, or any other law to the contrary, for the purposes of determining the amount of a category of income pursuant to N.J.S. 54A:5-1 that is net of expenses, no amounts shall be taken as a deduction pursuant to section 199 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 199, and the deduction of any amounts pursuant to section 199 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 199 shall be disallowed except that this disallowance shall not apply to amounts deducted pursuant to section 199 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that are exclusively based upon domestic production gross receipts of the taxpayer or allocable to the taxpayer under that section which are derived only from any lease, rental, license, sale, exchange, or other disposition of qualifying production property which the taxpayer shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director was manufactured or produced by the taxpayer in whole or in significant part within the United States but not qualified production property that was grown or extracted by the taxpayer. “Manufactured or produced” as used in this paragraph shall be limited to performance of an operation or series of operations the object of which is to place items of tangible personal property in a form, composition, or character different from that in which they were acquired. The change in form, composition, or character shall be a substantial change, and result in a transformation of property into a different or substantially more usable product.

For tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S. 54A:5-1 or any other law to the contrary, for the purposes of determining the amount of a category of income pursuant to N.J.S. 54A:5-1 that is net of expenses, no amounts shall be taken as a deduction pursuant to section 199A of the federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 199A).

L.2005, c.127, s.2; amended 2018, c.48, s.27.