56:7-22 - "Cost to the wholesaler" defined - New-jersey Statutes

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56:7-22.   "Cost to the wholesaler" defined
    a. The term "cost to the wholesaler" shall mean the "basic cost of cigarettes" to the wholesaler plus the "cost of doing business by the wholesaler," as evidenced by the standards and methods of accounting regularly employed by him in his allocation of overhead costs and expenses, paid or incurred, and must include, without limitation, labor costs (including salaries of executives and officers), rent, depreciation, selling costs, maintenance of equipment, delivery costs, all types of licenses, taxes, insurance and advertising.

    b. In the absence of the filing with the director of satisfactory proof of a lesser or higher cost of doing business by the wholesaler making the sale, the "cost of doing business by the wholesaler" shall be presumed to be 5.25% of the "basic cost of cigarettes" to the wholesaler, plus cartage to the retail outlet, if performed or paid for by the wholesaler, which cartage cost, in the absence of the filing with the director of satisfactory proof of a lesser or higher cost, shall be deemed to be   3/4 of 1% of the "basic cost of cigarettes" to the wholesaler.

     L.1952, c. 247, p. 826, s. 5. Amended by L.1974, c. 45, s. 1, eff. June 24, 1974.

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56:7-22.   "Cost to the wholesaler" defined
    a. The term "cost to the wholesaler" shall mean the "basic cost of cigarettes" to the wholesaler plus the "cost of doing business by the wholesaler," as evidenced by the standards and methods of accounting regularly employed by him in his allocation of overhead costs and expenses, paid or incurred, and must include, without limitation, labor costs (including salaries of executives and officers), rent, depreciation, selling costs, maintenance of equipment, delivery costs, all types of licenses, taxes, insurance and advertising.

    b. In the absence of the filing with the director of satisfactory proof of a lesser or higher cost of doing business by the wholesaler making the sale, the "cost of doing business by the wholesaler" shall be presumed to be 5.25% of the "basic cost of cigarettes" to the wholesaler, plus cartage to the retail outlet, if performed or paid for by the wholesaler, which cartage cost, in the absence of the filing with the director of satisfactory proof of a lesser or higher cost, shall be deemed to be   3/4 of 1% of the "basic cost of cigarettes" to the wholesaler.

     L.1952, c. 247, p. 826, s. 5. Amended by L.1974, c. 45, s. 1, eff. June 24, 1974.

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56:7-22.   "Cost to the wholesaler" defined
    a. The term "cost to the wholesaler" shall mean the "basic cost of cigarettes" to the wholesaler plus the "cost of doing business by the wholesaler," as evidenced by the standards and methods of accounting regularly employed by him in his allocation of overhead costs and expenses, paid or incurred, and must include, without limitation, labor costs (including salaries of executives and officers), rent, depreciation, selling costs, maintenance of equipment, delivery costs, all types of licenses, taxes, insurance and advertising.

    b. In the absence of the filing with the director of satisfactory proof of a lesser or higher cost of doing business by the wholesaler making the sale, the "cost of doing business by the wholesaler" shall be presumed to be 5.25% of the "basic cost of cigarettes" to the wholesaler, plus cartage to the retail outlet, if performed or paid for by the wholesaler, which cartage cost, in the absence of the filing with the director of satisfactory proof of a lesser or higher cost, shall be deemed to be   3/4 of 1% of the "basic cost of cigarettes" to the wholesaler.

     L.1952, c. 247, p. 826, s. 5. Amended by L.1974, c. 45, s. 1, eff. June 24, 1974.