54:4-2.49.Ā  Failure to file return;Ā  penalty
If any taxpayer shall refuse or neglect to file a return as required by theĀ  preceding section, the assessor shall value the taxable personal property ofĀ  such taxpayer at such amount as he may, from any information in his possessionĀ  or available to him, reasonably determine to be the taxable value at which suchĀ  property is assessable.Ā  Any taxpayer who fails or neglects to file a returnĀ  within the time required shall be assessed a penalty of $100.00 for each day ofĀ  such delinquency, but not in excess of the greater of $100.00 or 25% of theĀ  tax.Ā  All penalties shall be added to and become part of the tax and shall beĀ  enforceable and collectible in the same manner as the tax or pursuant to theĀ  penalty enforcement law (chapter 58 of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes) inĀ  a summary manner.Ā  Such penalties shall be assessed by the assessor and beĀ  payable to and recoverable by the tax collector of the taxing district.Ā  TheĀ  assessor, upon request made on or before the last date for filing any return asĀ  fixed by law, may extend the time to file such return to a date not later than the end of a 2-month period next following such last date for filing, for goodĀ  cause shown.

L.1966, c. 138, s. 7.
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