Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:8A-11

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • 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
“Dependent” means any individual related to taxpayer, over half of whose support (exclusive of any amount received by a child or stepchild as a scholarship for study at an educational institution) for the eligibility year was received from the taxpayer, in fact or constructively. No person may be claimed as a dependent by any taxpayer if such person has filed a joint return with his or her spouse.

L.1961, c. 32, p. 131, s. 11, eff. May 29, 1961. Amended by L.1961, c. 129, p. 757, s. 6.

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