New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 18 - TREASURY - TAXATION
Chapter 26 - TRANSFER INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAX
Subchapter 8 - ASSESSMENT AND VALUATION
Section 18:26-8.12 - Partnerships

1. A detailed balance sheet, revised to reflect the market value of the assets as distinguished from the net book value, as of the date of death of the decedent, or as near thereto as may be deemed acceptable;

2. Detailed balance sheets (setting forth the partner's capital accounts) and establishing the net worth of the partnership for each of the three years preceding the date of death of the decedent;

3. Detailed profit and loss statements for the three years immediately preceding the date of death of the decedent;

4. A copy of a partnership agreement if any;

5. The nature of the business in which the partnership is engaged;

6. A copy or copies if any, of a mutual purchase agreement to which the decedent was a party at the time of his or her death; and

7. A copy or copies, of any insurance policies, on the life of the decedent, held by the surviving partners as beneficiaries.

1. A family limited partnership is a limited partnership where more than 50 percent of the partners are related by blood or marriage/civil union/domestic partnership and does not have a true business purpose. It may or may not hold an interest in another partnership or other asset that has a true business purpose. One indication of a true business purpose is that the family limited partnership has and engages in business or commercial transactions with customers, clients, persons, or entities other than the partners of the family limited partnership, their family members, or other related individuals or entities.

2. An interest in a family limited partnership is valued at the value of the underlying assets on the date of death of the decedent. Discounts for family limited partnership interests are not permitted unless the Director determines that they are warranted by the nature of and risk associated with the underlying assets.