54:50-41. Out-of-State businesses and employees performing disaster or emergency related work; taxation, registration, licensing

2. a. An out-of-State business that conducts operations within this State for purposes of performing disaster or emergency related work during the disaster period shall not be considered to have established a level of physical presence or engaged in business activities at a level that is sufficient to require that out-of-State business to:

(1) register, file, and report and pay State or local taxes or fees that require the filing of a New Jersey tax return, including but not limited to employer withholding and unemployment insurance; or

(2) require that out-of-State business, or its out-of-State employees, to be subject to any State or local licensing or registration requirements, including but not limited to all State and local business licensing and registration requirements; provided, however, that the out-of-State business, or its out-of-State employees, shall be duly licensed, or otherwise legally authorized to engage in the activity, in the applicable home state.

For purposes of this section: for any exempted State or local tax imposed on or measured by net or gross income or receipts, all activity of the out-of-State business conducted in this State related to the declared disaster or emergency, in accordance with P.L.2019, c.7 (C.54:50-40 et seq.), shall be disregarded for any filing requirements for that tax, including the filing required for a unitary or combined group of which the out-of-State business may be a part.

b. An out-of-State employee shall not be considered to have established residency or a physical presence or engaged in business activities in this State that are sufficient to require that out-of-State employee or that out-of-State employee's employer to report and pay State or local income taxes that require the filing of a New Jersey tax return, or to report and pay any other State or local tax or fee that requires the filing of a New Jersey tax return, during the disaster period. This includes any related employer withholding and reporting and payment obligations imposed by the State or a local government.

L.2019, c.7, s.2.