The Sales and Use Tax Review Commission met on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 10 a.m. via a telephone conference call-in and in the Tenth Floor Small Conference Room, Division of Taxation, 50 Barrack Street, Trenton, New Jersey.
The Commission members present were: Michael Bryan, James Appleton, Deborah R. Bierbaum, Brandon Minde, B. Stephan Finkel, Susan A. Feeney, Warren Goode, Alan J. Preis. In addition, the executive secretary El-Rhonda Williams Alston and deputy attorney general Jill McNally were in attendance. Rafael E. Cuellar was not in attendance.
Below, please find the Commission’s disposition on the bills which came before it.
Bill Number |
Description |
Recommendation
Y=Yes
N=No |
A-302 |
Provides temporary exemption from sales and use tax for rental of certain hotel rooms. |
N |
A-1219 |
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain sales of personal computers and certain sales of school supplies and equipment during first full weekend of August |
N |
A-1322 |
Decreases sales and use tax rate from seven percent to six percent and reduces sales and use tax base by eliminating tax on digital property and certain services and by restoring certain exclusions and exemptions. |
*N |
A-1346 |
Eliminates imposition of sales and use tax on charges for initiation fees, membership fees, or dues for access to or use of certain health and fitness clubs and organizations |
*Y |
A-2016 |
Phases out sales and use tax on landscaping services and certain services rendered in connection with installation of carpeting and other flooring. |
N |
A-2017 |
Phases out imposition of sales and use tax on charges for initiation fees, membership fees, or dues for access to or use of certain health and fitness clubs and organizations |
N |
A-2198 |
Provides sales and use tax exemption for compressed natural gas used to fuel certain bus operation. |
N |
A-2284 |
Provides energy and utility service sales tax relief benefit to certain manufacturers throughout the State. |
*N |
A-2611 |
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of natural gas, and charges for transportation or transmission of natural gas, to certain colleges and universities. |
*N |
A-2612 |
Provides sales and use tax exclusion for charges for student parking provided by certain colleges and universities. |
*N |
A-2721 |
Exempts certain materials and labor used to convert traditional motor vehicles into plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicles from sales and use tax. |
*N |
S-285 |
Provides for reduced sales tax imposition on certain sales in certain Highlands Region Preservation Area municipalities. |
*N |
S-386 |
Eliminates imposition of sales and use tax on charges for initiation fees, membership fees, or dues for access to or use of certain health and fitness clubs and organizations. |
*N |
S-1186 |
Exempts certain materials and labor used to convert traditional motor vehicles into plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicles from sales and use tax. |
*N |
S-1329 |
Provides sales and use tax rebate on supplies and materials purchased for the construction or reconstruction of certain horse racetrack grandstands. |
Y |
S-1395 |
Exempts from payment certain taxes and energy charges for manufacturing facilities. |
N |
S-1529 |
Removes imposition of sales and use tax on sales of massage, bodywork and somatic services. |
*N |
S-1561 |
Exempts from sales and use tax the sale of materials and equipment used in the manufacture of wind energy components |
*N |
S-1584 |
Exempts sale of recreational safety helmets from sales and use tax. |
*N |
S-1640 |
Exempts from sales and use tax sales of carbon monoxide detectors and any device or equipment sold for residential use to detect, warn of, abate, or extinguish fires. |
*N |
S-1669 |
Provides a sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain high-efficiency home heating equipment. |
N |
S1727 |
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically. |
*N |
S-1728 |
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain packaging equipment. |
*N |