New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 18 - TREASURY - TAXATION
Chapter 7 - CORPORATION BUSINESS TAX ACT
Subchapter 5 - ENTIRE NET INCOME; DEFINITION, COMPONENTS AND RULES FOR COMPUTING
Section 18:7-5.11 - Right of Director to require consolidated/combined filing and certain disclosures

(a) The entire net income of a taxpayer exercising its franchise in this State that is a member of an affiliated group or a controlled group pursuant to I.R.C. §§ 1504 or 1563 shall be determined by eliminating all payments to, or charges by, other members of the affiliated or controlled group in excess of fair compensation in all inter-group transactions of any kind.

(b) Notwithstanding the elimination of all inter-group transactions in excess of fair compensation, if the taxpayer cannot demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that a report by a taxpayer discloses the true earnings of the taxpayer on its business carried on in this State, the Director may, at the Director's discretion, require the taxpayer to file a consolidated return of the entire operations of the affiliated group or controlled group, including its own operations or income to the extent permitted under the Constitution and statutes of the United States. The Director shall determine the true amount of entire net income earned by the taxpayer in this State.

(c) The consolidated entire net income of the taxpayer and of the other members of its affiliated group or controlled group shall be allocated to this State by use of the applicable allocation formula that the Director requires pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:10A-1 et seq. to be used by the taxpayer. The return shall include in the allocation formula the property, payrolls, and sales of all corporations for which the return is made. The Director may require a consolidated return without regard to whether the other members of the affiliated or controlled group, other than the taxpayer, are or are not exercising their franchises in this State.

(d) A consolidated return required pursuant to this section shall be filed within 60 days after it is demanded, subject to the penalties of the State Uniform Tax Procedure Law, N.J.S.A. 54:48-1 et seq.

(e) The member of an affiliated group or controlled group shall incorporate in its return, required pursuant to this section, information needed to determine its taxable entire net income, and shall furnish any additional information the Director requires within 30 days after it is demanded, subject to the penalties of the State Uniform Tax Procedure Law, N.J.S.A. 54:48-1 et seq.

(f) Each taxpayer that files a return and is a member of an affiliated or a consolidated group pursuant to I.R.C. §§ 1504 or 1563, shall, within 90 days of notice of a request of the Director, disclose in its return for the privilege period the amount of all inter-member costs or expenses, including, but not limited to, management fees, rents, and other services, for the privilege period.

(g) If the taxpayer acquires products or services from another member of its affiliated or controlled group, which it resells or otherwise uses to generate revenue or expense, the taxpayer shall within 90 days of a request from the Director, disclose by computerized spread sheet or other form as specified by the Director the amount of revenue or expense generated from those products or services including, but not limited to, management fees, rents, and other services. A failure to file such disclosure constitutes the filing an incomplete tax return, subject to the penalties of the State Uniform Tax Procedure Law, N.J.S.A. 54:48-1 et seq., including, without limitation, N.J.S.A. 54:49-4 and 54:52-8.

(h) Subsections (a) through (g) above shall not apply to members of a combined group reported on the same New Jersey combined return. See N.J.A.C. 18:7-21 for more information on combined groups and combined reporting.

(i) For privilege periods ending on and after July 31, 2019, (a) through (g) above shall apply to taxpayers that are not included together as members of a combined group reported on the same New Jersey combined return. See N.J.A.C. 18:7-21 for more information on combined groups and combined reporting.