Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:1-13

  • 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.
  • 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
The commissioner shall annually report to the legislature, particularly specifying any means, practices or devices used for the evasion of proper taxation, and shall annually submit to the legislature such recommendations as he may find necessary to prevent the evasion of just and equal taxation. He shall, from time to time, report to the legislature any changes he considers should be made either in the laws governing the method of taxation or any change of the rate of tax upon property of any person or corporation, including railroad and canal companies, in order to produce equality of taxation.