Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:48-6

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
8. The Director of the Division of Taxation shall prepare statements that set forth in simple and nontechnical terms:

a. the procedural and substantive rights of a taxpayer under the State Tax Uniform Procedure Law, R.S.54:48-1 et seq., including information and notice standards, rights of representation and confrontation, and the standards for allowing closing agreements and compromises; and the obligations of the Division of Taxation under that law, including obligations of explanation, communication and confidentiality;

b. the procedures and time limits to protest an assessment or decision of the director;

c. the procedures and time limits to appeal a final decision of the director;

d. the procedures for making a claim for refund under that law, and under any other law or regulation which may prohibit the application of the refund provisions of that law; and

e. the procedures which the director may use in determining State tax liability, including the director’s right to verify taxes through examination of records, hearings, and subpoena powers, and the procedures which the director may use in collecting a State tax liability, including deficiency assessment, arbitrary assessment, penalties and interest, liens, levies and criminal sanctions.

L.1992,c.175,s.8.