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New Jersey Enacts Payroll Tax “Convenience of Employer” Rule

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Enacted on July 21, 2023, New Jersey A4694 creates a “Convenience of Employer” rule, affecting both employers and employees for payroll tax reporting purposes. This resulted in New Jersey losing significant tax revenue to New York’s rule.

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New Jersey Tax Opportunity: Certainty Sooner Through Voluntary Disclosure

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If your company has operations in New Jersey and other states but does not necessarily have complete or clear tax reporting in New Jersey (and you are dreading it), a new initiative may represent a significant opportunity. To enter the program, taxpayers must agree in writing by Sept. Contact Us.

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How Will New Jersey Legislation (A5323) Affect Financial Services?

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On July 3, 2023, New Jersey enacted comprehensive tax legislation (A5323) that will likely impact every business in one shape or another. This includes investment management companies, such as investment advisors, hedge fund managers, mutual fund service providers, broker-dealers, and similar financial service businesses.

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New Jersey Legislation Implements Major Tax Changes, Including Market-Based Sourcing for Partnerships

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New Jersey Gov. The legislation includes significant changes to the state’s Business Tax reform that was originally enacted in 2018, which brought about unitary-combined filing and market-based sourcing for corporations beginning in 2019. Now, such strategies may need to be rethought.

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New Jersey Legislation Requires Businesses to Offer State Mandated Retirement Plans

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Governor Phil Murphy signed the New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act on March 28, 2019, requiring many small to mid-size businesses to offer a retirement plan. New Jersey did create a Secure Choice Savings Program website that should provide more details regarding the program.

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New Jersey Enacts Legislative Fix for Business Alternative Income Tax

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Governor Murphy signed into law a bipartisan bill (S4068) that enhances the state’s electable pass-through entity (PTE) tax, known as the New Jersey Business Alternative Income Tax (BAIT) on January 18, 2022. In exchange of the BAIT entity paid tax, owners receive a corresponding pro rata share of a BAIT credit.

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Tax Preparer Finds Out in the Worst Way Possible That ERC Wasn’t a Free Money Glitch

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A federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, returned an indictment Wednesday charging tax preparer Leon Haynes of Teaneck, New Jersey with fraudulently seeking more than $150 million from the IRS by filing more than 1,600 false tax returns for himself and his clients that claimed COVID-19-related employment tax credits.