[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Andover 12-10-2007
by Ord. No. 2007-17. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the purpose of this chapter to implement the provision of P.L.
2003, c. 114, which authorizes the governing body of a municipality to adopt
an ordinance imposing a tax at a uniform percentage rate not to exceed 3%
on charges of rent for every occupancy of a room or rooms in a hotel subject
to taxation pursuant to subsection (d) of section 3 of P.L. 1966, c. 40 (N.J.S.A.
54:32B-3) which shall be in addition to any other tax or fee imposed pursuant
to statute or local ordinance or resolution by any governmental entity upon
the occupancy of a hotel room.
There is hereby established a hotel and motel room occupancy tax in
the Township of Andover which shall be fixed at a uniform percentage rate
of 3% on charges of rent for every occupancy of a hotel or motel room in the
Township of Andover on or after January 1, 2008, of a room or rooms in a hotel
subject to taxation pursuant to subsection (d) of section 3 of P.L. 1966,
c. 40, N.J.S.A. 54:32B-3 (sales tax).
The hotel and motel room occupancy tax shall be in addition to any other
tax or fee imposed pursuant to statute or local ordinance or resolution by
any governmental entity upon the occupancy of a hotel room.
The hotel and motel room occupancy tax authorized herein shall not be
imposed on the rent for an occupancy if the purchaser, user or consumer is
an entity exempt from the tax imposed on an occupancy under the Sales and
Use Tax Act pursuant to subsection (a) of section 9 of P.L. 1966, c. 30 (N.J.S.A.
54:32B-9).
The hotel and motel room occupancy tax shall be administered in conformance
with the requirements of P.L. 2003, c. 114:
A.
All taxes imposed by this chapter shall be paid by the
purchaser.
B.
A hotel or motel establishment (hereinafter "vendor")
shall not assume or absorb any tax imposed by this chapter.
C.
A vendor shall not in any manner advertise or hold out
to any person or to the public in general, in any manner, directly or indirectly,
that the tax will be assumed or absorbed by the vendor, that the tax will
not be separately charged and stated to the customer, or that the tax will
be refunded to the customer.
D.
Each assumption or absorption by a vendor of the tax
shall be deemed a separate offense and each representation or advertisement
by a vendor for each day that the representation or advertisement continues
shall be deemed a separate offense.
E.
The penalty for violation of the foregoing provisions
shall be up to $1,500 for each offense.
The tax imposed by this chapter shall be collected on behalf of the
Township by the person collecting the rent from the hotel or motel customer.
Each person required to collect the tax herein imposed shall be personally
liable for the tax imposed, collected or required to be collected hereunder.
Any such person shall have the same right in respect to collecting the tax
from a customer as if the tax were a part of the rent and payable at the same
time, provided that the chief financial officer of the Township shall be joined
as a party in any action or proceeding brought to collect the tax.
A.
Every person required to collect the hotel and motel
tax shall, on or before the 28th day of each month,
forward to the Director of the Division of Taxation in the New Jersey Department
of the Treasury (Director) the hotel and motel tax collected in the preceding
month and make and file a return for the preceding month with the Director.
B.
The return shall be filed on such form and containing
such information as the Director shall prescribe as necessary. The Director
may permit or require returns to be made covering other periods and upon any
dates as the Director may specify. Additionally, the Director may require
payments of tax liability at any intervals and based upon any classifications
as the Director may designate.
