New Jersey Statutes Annotated (Tax)
N.J.S.A. § 54:40A-50
Additional penalties, schedule
5. In addition to any other remedies provided by law, the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury shall assess penalties for violations of this act in accordance with the following schedule:
a. a penalty of not less than $2,000 and not more than $4,000 for the first violation;
b. a penalty of not less than $5,000 and not more than $7,000 for the second violation within a five-year period;
c. a penalty of not less than $8,000 and not more than $10,000 for the third violation within a five-year period;
d. a penalty of not less than $11,000 and not more than $13,000 for a fourth violation within a five-year period; and
e. a penalty of $20,000 for a fifth or subsequent violation within a five-year period.
L.2005, c.85, s.5; amended 2013, c.145, s.14.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 54:40A-13. · Credit sales of revenue stamps
- 54:40A-14. · Manner of affixing stamps
- 54:40A-15 · Distributors to affix stamps
- 54:40A-16 · Nonacceptance of unstamped, illegally stamped cigarettes
- 54:40A-17 · Use of stamp metering machine
- 54:40A-18. · Sale of stamps to out-of-State distributors
- 54:40A-19. · Redemption and refund of stamps
- 54:40A-20. · Power of director to administer act
- 54:40A-21. · State Tax Uniform Procedure Law applicable
- 54:40A-22. · Power to appoint assistants; special agents; powers
- 54:40A-23. · Records to be kept by taxpayer; inventories
- 54:40A-24 · Penalties; jurisdiction; disposition; costs; expenses
- 54:40A-24.1 · Penalty for selling cigarettes not of employer's…
- 54:40A-25 · Possessing cigarettes not bearing required revenue stamps
- 54:40A-26 · Refusal or failure to produce records
- 54:40A-27 · Interfering with administration of the act
- 54:40A-28 · Sale of cigarettes without required stamp, violations
- 54:40A-28.1 · Possession of cigarettes without proper stamp, violations
- 54:40A-29. · Forging or counterfeiting revenue stamps
- 54:40A-29.1 · Offenses involving counterfeit cigarettes
- 54:40A-30 · Unstamped cigarettes subject to confiscation
- 54:40A-32 · Records; possession and transportation of unstamped…
- 54:40A-32.1 · Cigarette vending machines, certain circumstances,…
- 54:40A-37. · Proceeds of the collection of taxes and license fees to be…
- 54:40A-38. · Appropriation for enforcement of act
- 54:40A-39. · Appropriation for refund claims
- 54:40A-40. · Powers of director upon approval of act
- 54:40A-41. · Constitutionality
- 54:40A-42. · Repealer
- 54:40A-43. · Effective date
- 54:40A-44 · Advertisements; penalties therefor
- 54:40A-45. · Tobacco industry advisory council; membership; report
- 54:40A-46 · Short title
- 54:40A-47 · Findings, declarations relative to out-of-State cigarette…
- 54:40A-48 · "Face-to-face sale" defined
- 54:40A-49 · Conditions for non-face-to-face sale of cigarettes
- 54:40A-50 · Additional penalties, schedule
- 54:40A-51 · Annual report
- 54:40A-52 · Vending machine sales unaffected
- 54:40A-53 · Other laws applicable