54A:12-2 Definitions relative to pass-through entity business alternative income tax.
2. As used in P.L.2019, c.320 (C.54A:12-1 et al.):
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury.
"Distributive proceeds" means the net income, dividends, royalties, interest, rents, guaranteed payments, and gains of a pass-through entity, derived from or connected with sources within the State, and upon which tax is imposed and due on a member of the pass-through entity pursuant to the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq., in a taxable year. For a nonresident, this means New Jersey source income as set forth in N.J.S.54A:5-8.
"Limited liability company" means an entity organized pursuant to the "Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act," P.L.2012, c.50 (C.42:2C-1 et seq.), or prior law providing for the formation of a limited liability company in this State, or formed as a limited liability company under similar statutes of other states, that is classified as a partnership or an S Corporation for purposes of federal income tax law.
"Member" means a shareholder of an S corporation; a partner in a general, limited, or limited liability partnership; or a member of a limited liability company.
"Partnership" means a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or other unincorporated organization, through or by means of which any business, financial operation, or venture is carried on in this State.
"Pass-through business alternative income tax" means the tax set forth in subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2019, c.320 (C.54A:12-3).
"Pass-through entity" means a partnership, an S corporation, or a limited liability company, with at least one member who is liable for tax on distributive proceeds pursuant to the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq., in a taxable year.
"Share of distributive proceeds" means the portion of distributive proceeds attributable to a member of a pass-through entity in a taxable year.
"Taxable year" means the same as in N.J.S.54A:1-2.
"Taxed at the business entity level" means taxed pursuant to an election made under P.L.2019, c.320 (C.54A:12-1 et al.).
L.2019, c.320, s.2.