Except as otherwise provided in this act or by regulations pursuant to this act, a taxpayer shall compute his gross income by totaling his gains, losses, profits and income derived from salaries, wages or compensation for personal services, of whatever kind and in whatever form paid, or from professions, vocations, trades, businesses, commerce, or sales, or dealings in property of whatever nature, growing out of the ownership or use of or interest in such property; also from interest, rent, royalties, dividends, securities, or the transaction of any business carried on for gain or profits and income derived from any source whatever within the source State, including prizes and awards (other than those primarily in recognition of some achievement in the arts, sciences or public interest without active entry by the recipient and without requirement that he render substantial future services as a condition), or gains or profits or income derived through estates or trusts by the beneficiaries thereof, whether as distributed or distributive shares. In any case, the term “gross income” shall include capital gains or capital losses only to the extent provided in section 39 of this act.

L.1961, c. 32, p. 141, s. 32, eff. May 29, 1961. Amended by L.1961, c. 129, p. 773, s. 19.