54:10A-5.35 - Additional requirements for eligibility
54:10A-5.35 Additional requirements for eligibility.
3.In addition to the requirements of section 2 of P.L.2003, c.296 (C.54:10A-5.34), to be eligible for a tax credit for the costs of remediation pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2003, c.296 (C.54:10A-5.33), the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury shall certify that the remediation of the contaminated site has also satisfied the following:
a.the remediated site is located within an area designated as a Planning Area 1 (Metropolitan) or Planning Area 2 (Suburban) as designated pursuant to the "State Planning Act," sections 1 through 12 of P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et seq.);
b.the subsequent business activity at the remediated site represents new corporation business tax, or sales and use tax or gross income tax receipts;
c.there is a high probability that the estimated new tax receipts deriving from the business activity at the remediated site, within a three-year period from the inception of the business activity, will equal or exceed the value of tax credits issued; and
d.if the subsequent business activity at the remediated site is as a result of a relocation of an existing business from within the State of New Jersey, then the tax credit authorized pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2003, c.296 (C.54:10A-5.33), shall be equal to the difference in aggregate value of tax receipts from the corporation business tax pursuant to P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-1 et seq.), the sales and use tax pursuant to P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.) and the gross income tax pursuant to P.L.1976, c.47 (C.54A:1-1 et seq.) generated by the business activity in the privilege period immediately following the business relocation less the aggregate value of tax receipts generated in the privilege period immediately prior to relocation, up to 100% of the eligible costs, pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2003, c.296 (C.54:10A-5.33). If the difference in aggregate value is zero or less, no tax credit shall be awarded.
L.2003,c.296,s.3.