New Jersey Revised Statutes § 54:45-1 - Bi-monthly Reports To Director; Payment Of Tax; Failure To File; Penalty; Remission

54:45-1. Bi-monthly reports to director; payment of tax; failure to file; penalty; remission
Every person who, within this State, shall manufacture, distribute, transport, store, warehouse, import, offer for sale or sell any alcoholic beverages or who shall purchase, transfer, sell or agree to sell warehouse receipts, receipts, certificates, contracts or other documents given upon the storage of alcoholic beverages, or who is the holder of a license permitting the doing of any such acts shall file with the director a report on such form as the director shall prescribe. Any such report shall be verified by oath whenever the director shall so require. Every such report shall accurately and truthfully disclose the amount of alcoholic beverages manufactured, distributed, transported, stored, warehoused, withdrawn from storage, imported, purchased and sold, and the number and kind of warehouse receipts, receipts, certificates, contracts or other documents given upon the storage of alcoholic beverages purchased, transferred, sold and agreed to be sold by such person during the preceding 2 months, and such other information as the director may require. Such report shall be filed on or before the fifteenth day following each 2-month period. Holders of plenary retail consumption licenses, seasonal retail consumption licenses, plenary retail distribution licenses, limited retail distribution licenses and club licenses, issued pursuant to the provisions of Title 33 of the Revised Statutes or any other relative law of this State and the holders of permits, issued pursuant to the provisions of Title 33 of the Revised Statutes, authorizing the manufacture of wine for personal consumption only, shall not be required to file a report. Every such person shall pay to the director upon the filing of such report the amount of tax which shall be due from such person by reason of sales or deliveries of alcoholic beverages, unless previously paid.

Any such person who shall fail to file any such report on the day when it shall be due shall forfeit as a penalty an amount as provided in the State Tax Uniform Procedure Law, subtitle 9 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes. Such penalty shall not continue to accrue after the suspension or revocation of the license of any such person. Any such person who shall fail to pay any such tax on the day when it shall be due shall forfeit as a penalty an amount as provided in the State Tax Uniform Procedure Law, subtitle 9 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.

The director, if satisfied that the failure to comply with any provision of this section was excusable, may remit the whole or any part of any penalty herein imposed.

Amended by L.1938, c. 319, p. 807, s. 15; L.1939, c. 357, p. 864, s. 1; L.1947, c. 250, p. 924, s. 1; L.1950, c. 203, p. 446, s. 1; L.1956, c. 179, p. 687, s. 1; L.1972, c. 162, s. 1, eff. Sept. 27, 1972; L.1973, c. 288, s. 1, eff. Dec. 4, 1973; L.1975, c. 177, s. 36, eff. Aug. 4, 1975.


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