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54A:9-17.  General powers of the director.      (a) General.    The director shall administer and enforce the tax imposed  by this act and is authorized to make such rules and regulations, and to  require such facts and information to be reported as he may deem necessary to  enforce the provisions of this act.  The director may divide the State into  districts in each of which a branch office may be maintained by him, but in no  case shall a county be divided in forming a district.

      (b) Delegation of powers.    The director may delegate to any officer or employee of his division such of his powers as he may deem necessary to carry out efficiently the provisions of this act, and the person or persons to whom such power has been delegated shall possess and may exercise all of the power and perform all of the duties herein conferred and imposed upon the director.

      (c) Examination of books and witnesses.    The director for the purpose of  ascertaining the correctness of any return, or for the purpose of making an  estimate of taxable income of any person, shall have power to examine or to  cause to have examined, by any agent or representative designated by him for  that purpose, any books, papers, records or memoranda bearing upon the matters  required to be included in the return, and may require the attendance of the  person rendering the return or any officer or employee of such person, or the  attendance of any other person having knowledge in the premises, and may take  testimony and require proof material for his information, with power to  administer oaths to such person or persons.

      (d) Abatement authority.    The director, on his own motion, may abate any  small unpaid balance of an assessment of income tax, or any liability in respect thereof, if the director determines under uniform rules prescribed by him that the administration and collection costs involved would not warrant collection of the amount due.  He may also abate, on his own motion, the unpaid  portion of the assessment of any tax or any liability in respect thereof, which  is excessive in amount, or is assessed after the expiration of the period of  limitation properly applicable thereto, or is erroneously or illegally  assessed.  No claim for abatement under this subsection shall be filed by a  taxpayer.

      (e)   The Department of the Treasury, Division of Taxation, may enter into  an agreement with the taxing authorities of any state which imposes a tax on or  is measured by income to provide that compensation paid in such state to  residents of this State shall be exempt from such tax;  in such case any  compensation paid in this State to residents of such state shall be exempt from  New Jersey personal income tax.  The Division, in such agreements, may provide  for reciprocal withholding, employer liability, exchange of information and all  other matters relating to cooperation between the states.

     L.1976, c. 47, s. 54A:9-17, eff. July 8, 1976, operative Aug. 30, 1976.