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 18:7-5.22 - Application of Internal Revenue Code Section 163(j)

(a) For privilege periods beginning after December 31, 2017, the interest deduction limitation in subsection (j) at I.R.C. § 163 shall apply on a pro-rata basis to interest paid to both related and unrelated parties, regardless of whether the related parties are subject to N.J.A.C. 18:7-5.18.

(b) The limitation will be applied based on the Federal rules and guidance for I.R.C. § 163(j).

(c) The I.R.C. § 163(j) limitation is applied first, before applying the related party add backs at N.J.A.C. 18:7-5.18.

(d) Members of a Federal consolidated group that did not file one Federal consolidated return together, which also file separate New Jersey tax returns, must follow the Federal rules for I.R.C. § 163(j), applying the limitation to those members as each separate taxpayers, and then apply the limitations at N.J.A.C. 18:7-5.18.

(e) If members of a Federal consolidated group file a Federal consolidated return, the Federal rules treating the taxpayers as one entity for the purposes of applying the limitation at I.R.C. § 163(j) shall apply when determining the limitation, even though the taxpayers file a separate New Jersey return. The Federal regulations, as amended for the changes to the Internal Revenue Code, governing the application of the limitation at I.R.C. § 163(j) to Federal consolidated returns shall apply. However, such members are still subject to the limitations set forth at N.J.A.C. 18:7-5.18, if otherwise applicable.

(f) For members of a combined group filing a New Jersey combined return, the members included on the combined return shall be treated as one single taxpayer for the purposes of applying the limitation at I.R.C. § 163(j) as though the members of a combined group were members of a Federal consolidated group that filed a consolidated return, regardless of whether such members had filed a Federal consolidated return. For more information on combined groups and combined reporting, see N.J.A.C. 18:7-21.

(g) If members of a combined group filing a New Jersey combined return are part of a Federal consolidated group with taxpayers that are not included on a New Jersey combined return and the Federal consolidated group files one Federal consolidated return, for the purposes of applying the limitation at I.R.C. § 163(j), all of the members of the Federal consolidated group filing a single Federal consolidated return will be treated as one taxpayer, even though some of the taxpayers were not included in the New Jersey combined return and filed separate New Jersey returns. For more information on combined groups and combined reporting, see N.J.A.C. 18:7-21.

(h) For corporation business tax purposes, New Jersey conforms to the CARES Act amendments and any other subsequent amendments at I.R.C. § 163(j).