§ 54:30A-62 — Certification of excise taxes; statements to taxpayer.

14. Within five days after making the computation of the excise taxes under subsections (a) and (b) of section 6 of P.L.1940, c.5 (C.54:30A-54) the Director of the Division of Taxation shall certify to the State Treasurer the amount of such taxes. At the same time, the director shall issue directly to each taxpayer statements of taxes due, and payments with respect thereto shall be remitted by each taxpayer to the director in the following manner: 35% thereof within 15 days after the date of certification of the computation by the director, 35% thereof on or before August 15 and 30% thereof on or before November 15. The administration, collection and enforcement of the taxes payable by each taxpayer under subsections (a) and (b) of section 6 of P.L.1940, c.5 (C.54:30A-54) and any advance payment or payment of estimated tax liability required with regard to those taxes shall be subject to the provisions of the State Tax Uniform Procedure Law, R.S.54:48-1 et seq., to the extent that the provisions of that law are not inconsistent with the provisions of P.L.1940, c.5 (C.54:30A-49 et seq.). The director may, by regulation, require that any payment of tax made, on or before the date established pursuant to this section for the payment, shall be by electronic funds transfer to such depositories as the State Treasurer shall designate pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1956, c.174 (C.52:18-16.1). A payment by electronic funds transfer shall be deemed to be made on the date the payment is received by the designated depository. The form and content of the electronic funds transfer message, the circumstances under which an electronic funds transfer shall serve as a substitute for the filing of another form of return, the means by which taxpayers will be provided with acknowledgments of payments, and the classes of taxpayers subject to the electronic funds transfer requirement shall be as prescribed by the director. For the purposes of this section "electronic funds transfer" means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephone, or computer or magnetic tape for the purpose of ordering, instructing or authorizing a financial institution to debit or credit an account. L.1940,c.5,s.14; amended 1963, c.42, s.7; 1980, c.11, s.3; 1991, c.184, s.15; 1997, c.162, s.15.