New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 18 - TREASURY - TAXATION
Chapter 26 - TRANSFER INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAX
Subchapter 3A - ESTATE TAX-DECEDENTS DYING AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2001, BUT BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2017
Section 18:26-3A.3 - Simplified tax system
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 18:26-3A.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The taxable value of the estate for decedents dying after December 31, 2001, but before January 1, 2017, is determined as follows:
1. Net estate determined for purposes of the New
Jersey transfer inheritance tax under the provisions of the statutes and regulations
in effect on the date of the decedent's death (line 7 of recital page of Form IT-R);
plus
2. Real and tangible personal
property located outside New Jersey; plus
3. Proceeds of any contract of insurance on the
life of the decedent owned by the decedent or transferred by the decedent within
three years of death paid to any beneficiary other than the executor, administrator,
or estate; plus
4. All transfers made
within three years of the date of the decedent's death not included in the transfer
inheritance tax net estate; plus
5. In
the event that the decedent was a surviving spouse/civil union partner of a decedent
who died on or after February 19, 2007, and received qualified terminable interest
property (QTIP) from the predeceased spouse or civil union partner for which the
marital deduction was elected for Federal and/or New Jersey, the full value of the
QTIP property; plus
6. Any other
property includable in the Federal gross estate under the provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code in effect on December 31, 2001; less
7. Any property:
i. Passing outright to the decedent's surviving
spouse or to the civil union partner of a decedent who died on or after February 19,
2007, provided that the surviving spouse/civil union partner was a U.S. citizen on
the decedent's date of death; and/or
ii.
That passes to a Class "E" beneficiary as defined by
N.J.A.C.
18:26-1.1. This exemption does not apply if any
portion of the property can be used by, for the benefit of or paid to any private
stockholder, individual, or corporation.
(b) The taxable value of the estate is reduced by $ 60,000 and taxed at the following rates:
1. On
any amount less than or equal to $ 615,000, no tax;
2. On any amount equal to or more than $ 615,000
but less than $ 667,174, 37.0 percent of the excess more than $ 615,000;
3. On any amount equal to or more than $ 667,174
but less than $ 840,000, 4.8 percent of the excess over $ 667,174 plus $
19,304;
4. On any amount equal to or
more than $ 840,000 but less than $ 1,040,000, 5.6 percent of the excess over $
840,000 plus $ 27,600;
5. On any amount
equal to or more than $ 1,040,000 but less than $ 1,540,000, 6.4 percent of the
excess over $ 1,040,000 plus $ 38,800;
6. On any amount equal to or more than $ 1,540,000
but less than $ 2,040,000, 7.2 percent of the excess over $ 1,540,000 plus $
70,800;
7. On any amount equal to or
more than $ 2,040,000 but less than $ 2,540,000, 8.0 percent of the excess over $
2,040,000 plus $ 106,800;
8. On any
amount equal to or more than $ 2,540,000 but less than $ 3,040,000, 8.8 percent of
the excess over $ 2,540,000 plus $ 146,800;
9. On any amount equal to or more than $ 3,040,000
but less than $ 3,540,000, 9.6 percent of the excess over $ 3,040,000 plus $
190,800;
10. On any amount equal to or
more than $ 3,540,000 but less than $ 4,040,000, 10.4 percent of the excess over $
3,540,000 plus $ 238,800;
11. On any
amount equal to or more than $ 4,040,000 but less than $ 5,040,000, 11.2 percent of
the excess over $ 4,040,000 plus $ 290,800;
12. On any amount equal to or more than $
5,040,000 but less than $ 6,040,000, 12.0 percent of the excess over $ 5,040,000
plus $ 402,800;
13. On any amount equal
to or more than $ 6,040,000 but less than $ 7,040,000, 12.8 percent of the excess
over $ 6,040,000 plus $ 522,800;
14. On
any amount equal to or more than $ 7,040,000 but less than $ 8,040,000, 13.6 percent
of the excess over $ 7,040,000 plus $ 650,800;
15. On any amount equal to or more than $
8,040,000 but less than $ 9,040,000, 14.4 percent of the excess over $ 8,040,000
plus $ 786,800;
16. On any amount equal
to or more than $ 9,040,000 but less than $ 10,040,000, 15.2 percent of the excess
over $ 9,040,000 plus $ 930,800; and
17.
On any amount equal to or more than $ 10,040,000, 16.0 percent of the excess over $
10,040,000 plus $ 1,082,800.
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