N.J. Admin. Code § 18:7-8.10 - Receipts; compensation for services; allocation for certain special industries

(a) For privilege periods ending before July 31, 2019, receipts from service transactions shall be allocated to New Jersey in accordance with this section.

1 The numerator of the receipts fraction developed in accordance with this section includes receipts from services not otherwise apportioned under this section if the service is performed within this State. If the service is performed both within and outside this State, the numerator of the receipts fraction includes receipts from services based upon the cost of performance or amount of time spent in the performance of such services or by some other reasonable method that should reflect the trade or business practice and economic realities underlying the generation of the compensation for services. "Cost of performance" is defined as all direct costs incurred in the performance of the service, including direct costs of subcontractors.

1. All amounts received by the taxpayer in payment for such services are allocable, regardless of whether such services were performed by employees or agents of the taxpayer, by subcontractors, or by any other persons and regardless of whether the receipt is accounted for as an item of income or a reduction in expense.

2. It is immaterial where the amounts were payable or where they actually were received.

Example 1: Taxpayer derives advertising revenues in the course of broadcasting television or radio programs. It sets its advertising rates based upon the listening audience it has succeeded in reaching. The appropriate method of assigning the portion of its advertising revenues attributable to services performed in New Jersey is based upon the proportion of its listening audience in New Jersey.

Example 2: Taxpayer earns income from the sale of long distance telephone communications service. It bills the originators of long distance telephone calls directly and for all calls placed by them. The appropriate method of allocating its long distance toll revenues attributable to services performed in New Jersey is based upon billings for calls originating in New Jersey.

2 Commissions received by the taxpayer are allocable to New Jersey if the services for which the commissions were paid were performed in New Jersey. If the taxpayer's services for which commissions were paid were performed for the taxpayer by salesmen or working out of a New Jersey office of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's services will be deemed to have been performed in New Jersey.

Example

The taxpayer is a New Jersey sales agent of a Pennsylvania manufacturer and receives in New Jersey an order from a New York customer. The order is forwarded to the manufacturer which accepts it and fills it by shipment direct to the customer. The taxpayer's commission is allocable to New Jersey.

3 Certain service fees from transactions having contact with this State are allocable to New Jersey based upon the following:

1. Twenty-five percent of such fees are allocated to the state of origination.

2. Fifty percent of such fees are allocated to the state in which the service is performed.

3. Twenty-five percent of such fees are allocable to the state in which the transaction terminates.

Example 1: A taxpayer issues credit cards to its customers allowing funds to be obtained through the use of authorized machines located within New Jersey. A customer originates a transaction at a New Jersey location, and the taxpayer's computer, located outside this State, performs a credit check. Funds (or a bank draft) are received by the customer at the point of origin in New Jersey, where the transaction terminates. Taxpayer must allocate 50 percent of the service fee income earned from this transaction to New Jersey based upon the points of origination and termination. For purposes of this example the issuer of credit cards has nexus with New Jersey through physical presence in New Jersey.

Example 2: Taxpayer earns income by providing on-line internet access to customers located within New Jersey and outside New Jersey. Taxpayer's physical equipment allowing such access is located outside New Jersey. Taxpayer must allocate 50 percent of its revenue from internet access charges to New Jersey based upon the origination and termination of such access from points within New Jersey. Absent specific identification of points of origination and termination, the customer's billing address will serve to locate these activities. For purposes of this example, the internet service provider has physical presence through a home office located in New Jersey.

4. Certain lump sum payments for services performed within and without New Jersey must be apportioned in the following manner in order to result in a fair and reasonable receipts fraction.

i. Transportation revenues of an airline are from services performed in New Jersey based on the ratio of departures from New Jersey to total departures. Departures may be weighted as to cost and value of aircraft by type where weighting would give a more fair and reasonable business allocation factor.

ii. Trucking companies deriving revenues from transporting freight will calculate their receipts fraction using mileage as follows: The taxpayer's receipts are multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of miles driven in New Jersey and the denominator of which is the mileage driven in all jurisdictions. For convenience, taxpayers required to maintain mileage records in compliance with the International Fuel Tax Agreement pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:39A-24 and to N.J.A.C. 13:18-3.12 shall make calculations using such records.

(1) In addition, with regard to the property fraction, movable property, such as tractors and trailers, shall be allocated to this State using the same mileage fraction set forth in (c)4ii above. Such allocated movable property shall be added to the fraction of non-movable property in New Jersey over non-movable property everywhere to arrive at the property fraction.

(2) With regard to the payroll fraction, wages of mobile employees such as drivers shall be allocated to New Jersey based upon mileage as set forth in (c)4ii above. Such allocated payroll shall be added to the fraction formed by non-mobile employee wages in New Jersey over non-mobile wages everywhere to arrive at the payroll fraction.

4 If a taxpayer receives a lump sum in payment for services and also for materials or other property, the sum received must be apportioned on a reasonable basis.

1. That part apportioned to services performed is includible in receipts from services;

2. That part apportioned to materials or other property is includible in receipts from sales; and

3. Full details must be submitted with the taxpayer's return.

5. Receipts arising from the sale of asset management services shall be allocated to New Jersey in accordance with the following procedures:

i. In the case of asset management services directly or indirectly provided to individuals, receipts shall be allocated to New Jersey if the domicile of the individual is in New Jersey.

ii. In the case of asset management services directly or indirectly provided to a pension plan, retirement account, or institutional investor, such as private banks, national and international private investors, international traders, or insurance companies, receipts shall be allocated to New Jersey to the extent the domicile of the beneficiaries of the plan, beneficiaries of the account, or beneficiaries of the similar pool of assets held by the institutional investor is in New Jersey.

i. In the event the domiciles of the beneficiaries are not or cannot be obtained, a reasonable proxy may be used to allocate receipts to New Jersey that reflects the trade or business practice and economic realities underlying the generation of receipts from the asset management services. The burden of demonstrating the reasonableness of the method rests on the taxpayer. Based on specific facts and circumstances, reasonable proxies used to allocate receipts to New Jersey may take into account, among other things, the latest available population census data; the domicile of the sponsor of the plan, account, or pool of assets; the sponsor's New Jersey payroll apportionment factor or the sponsor's ratio of New Jersey employees to total employees.

iii. In the case of asset management services directly or indirectly provided to a regulated investment company, receipts shall be allocated to New Jersey to the extent that shareholders of the regulated investment company are domiciled in New Jersey in accordance with the following:

i. The portion of receipts deemed to arise from services performed within New Jersey shall be determined by multiplying the total of such receipts from the sale of such services by a fraction. The numerator of the fraction is the average of the sum of the beginning of the year and the end of the year balance of shares owned by the regulated investment company shareholders domiciled in New Jersey for the regulated investment company's taxable year for Federal income tax purposes that ends within the taxable year of the taxpayer. The denominator of the fraction is the average of the sum of the beginning of the year and end of the year balance of shares owned by the regulated investment company shareholders. A separate computation is made to determine the allocation of receipts from each regulated investment company.

iv. As used in (a)5i through iii above, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Asset management services" means the rendering of investment advice, making determinations as to when sales and purchases are to be made, or the selling or purchasing of assets and related activities. As used in this section, "related activities" means administration services, distribution services, management services, and other related services.

(2) "Administration services" means and includes clerical, accounting, bookkeeping, data processing, internal auditing, legal, and tax services but does not include trust services.

(3) "Distribution services" means the services of advertising, servicing investor accounts (including redemptions), marketing shares, or selling shares of a regulated investment company.

(4) "Management services" means the rendering of investment advice, making determinations as to when sales and purchases of securities are to be made, or the selling or purchasing of securities and related activities.

(5) "Domicile" shall have the meaning ascribed to it under N.J.S.A. 54A:1-2.m in the case of an individual, and under N.J.S.A. 54A:1-2.o in the case of an estate or trust, and in the case of a business entity where the actual seat of management or control is located in this State; provided, however, "domicile" shall be presumed to be the mailing address of the beneficiary of the plan, account, or other similar pool of assets based upon the sponsor's records with respect to any such beneficiary or the shareholder's mailing address on the records of the regulated investment company. For purposes of (a)5iii above, in the case of a nominee holding the investment on behalf of its customers, the mailing address of the customer shall be deemed to be the domicile of the shareholder.

(6) In addition to amounts received directly from a regulated investment company, "receipts" shall also include amounts received directly from the shareholders of such regulated investment company in their capacity as such.

(7) "Regulated investment company" means a regulated investment company as defined in N.J.S.A. 54:10A-4(g) and meets the requirements of I.R.C. § 851.

(8) "Sponsor" means the party that has contracted directly with the beneficiaries of the plan, account, or similar pools of assets.

v. See 18:7-1.6 regarding foreign advisors having customers in New Jersey.

6 Receipts from the services of a registered securities or commodities broker or dealer shall be sourced to New Jersey if the customer is located within the State.

1. For purposes of this subsection:

i. "Securities" has the meaning provided by I.R.C. § 475(c)(2);

ii. "Commodities" has the meaning provided by I.R.C. § 475(e)(2); and

iii. "Registered securities or commodities broker or dealer" means a broker or dealer registered as such by the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission or the Federal Commodities Futures Trading Commission.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 18:7-8.10

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 1694(a), effective 6/19/2017 Amended by 52 N.J.R. 1677(c), effective 9/8/2020