Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:30A-54.5

  • 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
In the calculation of the tax due in accordance with section 6 of P.L.1940, c. 5 (C. 54:30A-54), in the year 1980 and in each year thereafter, every person, copartnership, association or corporation subject to tax hereunder shall be entitled to a credit in the amount of the tax hereunder as a partial payment in the preceding year and shall be entitled to the return of any amount so paid which shall be found to be in excess of the total amount payable in accordance with P.L.1940, c. 5 and this act.

L.1979, c. 36, s. 2, eff. March 2, 1979.