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CBT-2553                                                              State of New Jersey
 (8-05)                                                               Division of Taxation
                                 New Jersey S Corporation or New Jersey QSSS Election
Check the appropriate box:  … Initial S Corporation Election … New Jersey QSSS Election (See Part V)        … Change in S or QSSS Corporation Shareholders
IMPORTANT: This form only has to be filed once. There is no renewal required.              Please Note: All changes can be filed with the S corporation final return. 
Part I     Corporate Information (Type or Print)
Name of Corporation                                                                   Federal Employer Identification Number
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Mailing Address                                                                       New Jersey Corporation Number
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City or Town, State and ZIP Code                                                      Name and telephone number of corporate officer or legal representative
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                                                                                      Date of Incorporation                       State of Incorporation
Check here … if the corporation has changed its name or address in the past 12 months       //
           Election Information
Enter the effective date of the Federal S corporation election ________/________/________                   Applied for …
                                                                month day             year
New Jersey S corporation or New Jersey QSSS election is to be effective for tax year beginning _______/_______/_______ ending _______/_______/_______ 
                                                                                            month           day              year month  day                  year
NOTE: If this election takes effect for the first tax year the corporation exists, enter for item 2 and item 3, the month, day and year of the earliest of the following:
           (1) date the corporation first had shareholders, (2) date the corporation first had assets, or (3) date the corporation began doing business.
           If the accounting period you enter is for an automatic 52-53 week tax year, check here …
Part II    Shareholder’s Consent Statement           - By signing this election, we the undersigned shareholders, consent (1) to the corporation’s election to be
           treated as a New Jersey S corporation under N.J.S.A. 54:10A-1, et seq., (2) that New Jersey shall have the right and jurisdiction to tax and collect the
           tax on each shareholder’s S corporation income, as defined in N.J.S.A. 54A:5-10 and (3) such right and jurisdiction shall not be affected by a change
           of a shareholder’s residency, except as provided in N.J.S.A. 54A:1-1, et seq.  Shareholders must sign, date and provide the requested information
           below.  For the original or initial election to be valid, the consent of each shareholder, person having a community property interest in the corporation’s
           stock, and each tenant in common, joint tenant, and tenant by the entirety must appear below or be attached to this form.  If more space is needed, a
           continuation sheet reporting the exact information for additional shareholders or a second consent statement must be attached to this form.

community property interest in the corporation’s                                                                                  or                          holder’s
Name of each shareholder, person having a           *** Signatures must be provided ***           Stock Owned                Social Security Number           * Share-
stock, and each tenant in common, joint tenant, and                                         Number          Dates            Employer Identification Number   state of
tenant by the entirety.  (A husband and wife (and           Signature                 Date       of         acquired         for an estate or qualified trust residency
their estates) are counted as one shareholder).                                             shares
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* You must provide the address of any shareholder who is not a resident of New Jersey on a rider and attach it to this form.
Part III   Corporation’s Consent Statement - The above named corporation consents (1) to the election to be treated as a New Jersey S corporation under
           N.J.S.A. 54:10A-1, et seq., (2) to fulfill any tax obligations of any nonconsenting shareholder who was not an initial shareholder as required by any tax
           law in the State of New Jersey including the payment of tax to the State of New Jersey on behalf of such shareholder.  (An authorized officer must sign
           and date below.)
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this election, including accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is
true, correct, and complete.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________X
                            Signature of authorized officer                                Title                                     Date
                                                                                           Do not enter any shareholder who sold or transferred all of his or her stock
Part IV    Persons who are no longer shareholders of the corporation.                      before the election was made.
Name of shareholder, person no longer having a community                                                                     Social Security Number
property interest in the corporation’s stock, tenant in common,                       Date                                        or
joint tenant, or tenant by the entirety.  (A husband and wife         Stock Relinquished                                     Employer Identification Number
(and their estates) are counted as one shareholder).                                                                         for an estate or qualified trust
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Under penalties of perjury, I declare that the above, to the best of my knowledge and belief, is true, correct, and complete.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                            Signature of authorized officer                                Title                                     Date
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Part V Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiary Election
       Corporation’s Consent Statement             - The above named corporation consents (1) to the election to be treated as a “New Jersey Qualified
       Subchapter S Subsidiary”, and (2) to file a CBT-100S reflecting the $500 minimum tax liability or the $2,000 minimum tax liability if the taxpayer is a
       member of an affiliated group or a controlled group whose group has a total payroll of $5,000,000 or more for the privilege period.  (An authorized offi-
       cer must sign and date below.)
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this election, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                   Signature of authorized officer                     Title                                                                            Date 

       Corporate Parent Company’s Consent Statement - By signing this election, the undersigned corporation consents (1) to the subsidiary’s elec-
       tion to be treated as a “New Jersey Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiary” and (2) to taxation by New Jersey by filing a CBT-100S or a CBT-100 and
       remitting the appropriate tax liability including the assets, liabilities, income, and expenses of its QSSS.

             Corporate Parent Name                                     Address                                                                          FID Number

Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this election, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                   Signature of authorized officer                     Title                                                                            Date 
                                                     INSTRUCTIONS for Form CBT-2553
1. Purpose - A corporation must file form CBT-2553 to elect to be      shareholders holding more than 50% of the outstanding shares of
treated as a New Jersey S corporation or a New Jersey QSSS or          stock on the day of revocation should be mailed to the address in
to report a change in shareholders.  Check the appropriate box to      instruction 3 on or before the last day of the first tax year to which
indicate if this is an initial S corporation election or a change in S the election would otherwise apply.  A copy of the original election
or QSSS corporation shareholders or a New Jersey QSSS elec-            should accompany the letter of revocation.  Such a revocation will
tion.                                                                  render the original election null and void from inception.
2. Who may elect - A corporation may make the election to be treat-    7. Initial election - Complete Parts I, II and III in their entirety for an
ed as a New Jersey S corporation only if it meets all of the follow-   initial New Jersey S Corporation election.  Each shareholder who
ing criteria:                                                          owns (or is deemed to own) stock at the time the election is made,
a) The corporation is or will be an S corporation pursuant to          must consent to the election.  A list providing the social security
       section 1361 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code;              number and the address of any shareholder who is not a New
                                                                       Jersey resident must be attached when filing this form.
b) Each shareholder of the corporation consents to the election
       and the jurisdictional requirements as detailed in Part II of   8. Reporting shareholders who were not initial shareholders -
       this form;                                                      Complete Parts I, II and III when filing this form to report any new
                                                                       shareholder.  A new shareholder is a shareholder who, prior to the
c) The corporation consents to the election and the assumption         acquisition of stock, did not own any shares of stock in the S cor-
       of any tax liabilities of any nonconsenting shareholder who     poration, but who acquired stock (either existing shares or shares
       was not an initial shareholder as indicated in Part III of this issued at a later date) subsequent to the initial New Jersey S cor-
       form.                                                           poration election.  If a new shareholder fails to sign a consent
3. Where to file - Mail form CBT-2553 to:  New Jersey Division of      statement, the corporation is obligated to fulfill the tax require-
Revenue, PO Box 252, Trenton, NJ  08646-0252 (Registered Mail          ments as stated in Part III on behalf of the nonconsenting share-
Receipt is suggested)                                                  holder.  An existing shareholder whose percentage of stock own-
                                                                       ership changes is not considered a new shareholder.  If the tax-
4. When to make the election - The completed form CBT-2553 shall       payer previously had elected to be treated as a New Jersey QSSS,
be filed within one calendar month of the time at which a Federal      the new shareholder must also complete Part V.
S corporation election would be required.  Specifically, it must be
                                                                       9. Part IV should only be completed for any person who is no longer
filed at any time before the 16th day of the fourth month of the first
                                                                       a shareholder of the corporation.  You do not have to enter any
tax year the election is to take effect (if the tax year has 3-1/2
                                                                       shareholder who sold or transferred all of his or her stock before
months or less, and the election is made not later than 3 months
                                                                       the election was made.  All changes can be filed with the S corpo-
and 15 days after the first day of the tax year, it shall be treated as
                                                                       ration final return.
timely made during such year).  An election made by a small busi-
ness corporation after the fifteenth day of the fourth month but       10. Part V must be completed in order to permit a New Jersey S
before the end of the tax year is treated as made for the next year.   Corporation to be treated as a New Jersey Qualified Subchapter S
                                                                       Subsidiary and remit only a minimum tax.  In addition, the parent
5. Acceptance or non-acceptance of election          - The Division of
                                                                       company also must consent to filing and remitting New Jersey
Revenue will notify you if your election is accepted or not accept-
                                                                       Corporation Business Tax which would include the assets, liabili-
ed within 30 days after the filing of the CBT-2553 form.  If you are
                                                                       ties, income and expenses of its QSSS along with its own.  Failure
not notified within 30 days, call (609) 292-9292.
                                                                       of the parent either to consent or file a CBT-100 or CBT-100S for
6. End of election - Generally, once an election is made, a corpora-   a period will result in the disallowance of the New Jersey QSSS
tion remains a New Jersey S corporation as long as it is a Federal     election and require the subsidiary to file and remit a CBT-100S
S corporation.  There is a limited opportunity to revoke an election   determining its own liability.
only during the first tax year to which an election would otherwise
apply.  To revoke an election, a letter of revocation signed by
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CBT-2553 - Cert                                                  Mail to: 
(8-05)                                                           PO Box 252
                                                                 Trenton, NJ 08646-0252
                                                                 (609) 292-9292

                                    State of New Jersey
                                    Division of Taxation

                 New Jersey S Corporation Certification

This certification is for use by unauthorized foreign (non-NJ) entities that want New Jersey S
Corporation Status.  This form MUST be attached to form CBT-2553.

Part I.  Corporate Information (Type or Print)

Name of Corporation:  ____________________________________________________      

Federal Employer Identification Number:  ______ - _____________________________

Part II. Corporate Attestation

By signing this statement, the corporation affirms that the corporation has not conducted any activi-
ties within this state that would require the Corporation to file a Certificate of Authority in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 14A :13-3.  Specifically, the corporation attests that it is not transacting business in
accordance with the definitions provided in statute.

Print the name and title of the person executing this document on behalf of the Corporation. This
person must be a corporate officer.

Name: ________________________________    Title: ___________________________

Signature: _____________________________    Date: ___________________________

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                   Instructions for Form CBT-2553 - Cert

1. This form is to be used by non-New Jersey business entities wishing to apply for New Jersey 
   "S" Corporation status which are not required to be authorized to transact business in accor-
   dance with N.J.S.A. 14A :13-3, given below.  This form is in addition to and must accompany 
   form CBT-2553.  

2. Name of Corporation:  Type or print name exactly as it appears on form NJ-REG and the 
   CBT-2553.

3. Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN):  Please enter the Federal Identification 
   Number assigned by the Internal Revenue Service.

4. Please read the Corporate Attestation and the cited statutes for compliance.

5. Print the name and title of the corporate officer signing this document and the CBT-2553.  
   Both documents must be signed by the same corporate officer. 

6. Mail the completed forms to: New Jersey Division of Revenue, PO Box 252 Trenton, NJ 
   08646-0252 

14A:13-3. Admission of foreign corporation

(1) No foreign corporation shall have the right to transact business in this State until it shall have 
procured a certificate of authority so to do from the Secretary of State.  A foreign corporation 
may be authorized to do in this State any business which may be done lawfully in this State 
by a domestic corporation, to the extent that it is authorized to do such business in the jurisdiction
of its incorporation, but no other business.

(2) Without excluding other activities which may not constitute transacting business in this State, a 
foreign corporation shall not be considered to be transacting business in this State, for the 
purposes of this act, by reason of carrying on in this State any one or more of the following 
activities

   (a) maintaining, defending or otherwise participating in any action or proceeding, whether judicial, 
administrative, arbitrative or otherwise, or effecting the settlement thereof or the settlement of 
claims or disputes;
   (b) holding meetings of its directors or shareholders;
   (c) maintaining bank accounts or borrowing money, with or without security, even if such borrow-
ings are repeated and continuous transactions and even if such security has a situs in this State;
   (d) maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of its securities, or
appointing and maintaining trustees or depositaries with relation to its securities.

(3) The specification in subsection 14A:13-3(2) does not establish a standard for activities which
may subject a foreign corporation to service of process or taxation in this State.

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