{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-1b-196","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-196","heading":"Collection of tax.","body":"7. a. A tax imposed pursuant to a municipal ordinance adopted under the provisions of subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.2007, c.30 (C.34:1B-194) shall be collected on behalf of the municipality by the person collecting the receipts, charges or rent from the customer.\nb.\tEach person required to collect a tax imposed by the ordinance shall be personally liable for the tax imposed, collected or required to be collected hereunder.  Any such person shall have the same right in respect to collecting the tax from a customer as if the tax were a part of the rent and payable at the same time; provided, however, that the chief fiscal officer of the municipality shall be joined as a party in any action or proceeding brought to collect the tax.\nc.\tNotwithstanding any other provision of law or administrative action to the contrary, transient space marketplaces shall be required to collect and pay on behalf of persons engaged in the business of providing transient accommodations located in this State the tax for transactions obtained through the transient space marketplace. For not less than four years following the end of the calendar year in which the transaction occurred, the transient space marketplace shall maintain the following data for those transactions consummated through the transient space marketplace:\n(1)\tThe name of the person who provided the transient accommodation;\n(2)\tThe name of the customer who procured occupancy of the transient accommodation;\n(3)\tThe address, including any unit designation, of the transient accommodation;\n(4)\tThe dates and nightly rates for which the consumer procured occupancy of the transient accommodation;\n(5)\tThe municipal transient accommodation registration number, if applicable;\n(6)\tA statement as to whether such booking services will be provided in connection with (i) short-term rental of the entirety of such unit, (ii) short-term rental of part of such unit, but not the entirety of such unit, and/or (iii) short-term rental of the entirety of such unit, or part thereof, in which a non-short-term occupant will continue to occupy such unit for the duration of such short-term rental;\n(7)\tThe individualized name or number of each such advertisement or listing connected to such unit and the uniform resource locator (URL) for each such listing or advertisement, where applicable; and\n(8)\tSuch other information as the Division of Taxation may by rule require.\nThe Division of Taxation may audit transient space marketplaces as necessary to ensure data accuracy and enforce tax compliance.\nL.2007, c.30, s.7; amended 2018, c.49, s.5; 2019, c.235, s.4.","path":["TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"49836c081913188205fb57f36664dcb4739c541fe3c686d9ff608be8614e8111","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-1b-195","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-1b-197"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}