New Jersey Statutes 54A:4-2. Credit for taxes withheld, paid by S corporation
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54A:4-2
- 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
54A:4-2. Credit for taxes withheld. a. Any amount of tax actually deducted and withheld by an employer under this act in any calendar year shall be deemed to have been paid to the director on behalf of the person from whom withheld, and such person shall be credited with having paid that amount of tax for the taxable year beginning in such calendar year. For a taxable year of less than 12 months, the credit shall be made under regulations of the director.
b. An amount of tax actually paid to the director by an S corporation pursuant to subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.1993, c.173 (C. 54:10A-5.23), shall be credited to the shareholder of the S corporation on whose behalf the payment was made as of the date of its receipt by the director, except as otherwise provided by N.J.S.54A:9-11, and the shareholder shall be credited with having paid that amount of tax for the taxable year in which the S corporation’s accounting or privilege period ends.
L.1976, c.47, s. 54A:4-2; amended 1993,c.173,s.8.