40:48E-4 - Collection; personal liability of collector; no separate charge or statement to customer of refund; prohibition; remission to chief fiscal officer; enforcement - New Jersey Statutes

40:48E-4.  Collection;  personal liability of collector;  no separate charge  or statement to customer of refund;  prohibition;  remission to chief fiscal  officer;  enforcement
    a.  The tax shall be collected on behalf of the city by the person collecting the use or occupancy charge from the hotel customer.

    b.  Every person required to collect any tax imposed by the ordinance 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 his customer as if the tax were a part of the use or occupancy  charge and payable at the same time;  provided, however, that the chief fiscal  officer of the city shall be joined as a party in any action or proceeding  brought to collect the tax.

    c.  No person required to collect any tax hereunder shall advertise or hold  out to any person or to the public in general, in any manner, directly or  indirectly, that the tax will not be separately charged and stated to the customer or that the tax will be refunded to the customer.

    d.  All revenues collected from the tax shall be remitted to the chief fiscal officer of the city on or before the dates on which municipal real property taxes are due.

    e.  The city shall enforce the payment of delinquent hotel occupancy taxes in the same manner as provided for municipal real property taxes.

     L.1981, c. 77, s. 4.