To pay quarterly New Jersey sales tax

To pay quarterly New Jersey sales tax



Pay quarterly New Jersey sales tax:



Info
NJ sales tax is filed on a quarterly basis aligning with the calendar year.  Filing and payment for each quarter is due by the 20th of the next month. 

QB Online>Taxes> Sales Tax.

Reports dropdown box in lower right>Tax Liability Report. Edit the dates to match the quarter (usually "last quarter").

Select the correct Tax Agency in the dropdown box: New Jersey Division of Taxation.

Make sure the report is set to show the last quarter.

Click "Run report" button to refresh. 

(Changed in 2025. This may need refining)

Go  to Premier Business login. 

Log in with MyNewJersey ID  (user name is rpiketggit)

Click Tax Portal - Admin

Click Online Transactions tab > File a form.

Proceed with dropdown boxes



When entering numbers round to nearest dollar:

  1. Gross receipts for quarter: Enter total receipts from all New Jersey transactions which occurred during the three month reporting period covered by the return (Gross Total column in QB report). 
  2. Receipts not subject to sales tax – Enter non-taxable NJ sales (second column in QB report). Enter to the nearest dollar. No decimal places. 
  3. Receipts subject to sales tax: Enter number from “taxable sales” column
  4. Fill in line 4 from tax collected (“Tax Amount” column in QB report). Include cents (decimal places). 


Note for next steps. New system is extremely buggy. You may have to repeat the same steps randomly to get the submit button to be available (not greyed out). 
 

Click “calculate” button at bottom of web site page. 

If there are no errors, click submit button at bottom of web site page. 

At bottom of next screen, select electronic check as method of payment. Use the GGIT main checking account. 

Click button that says “Make a payment now”.



Enter contact and banking info. Acct type is business/corporate checking. 



Notes
Provident's routing number is: 221272303.


For Account holder name you can use Roberta Piket. 

Click submit. 

To print submission: 

Online Transactions>Saved Items. Scroll down to Transaction History. 
Click the correct item and click print. 
Choose a PDF printer. 
Save as a PDF with name in this format:

2022 Q4 NJ Quarterly Sales Tax Filing

in Sharepoint folder:

\Geek Girls IT Team Site - Documents\Corporation, Banking\NJ corporation\Sales Tax Related\quarterly sales tax filings


Record Sales Tax Payment in QB

Go back to Sales Tax Overview page in QB. (Taxes>Sales Tax). Choose New Jersey Division of Taxation as agency in dropdown. 
Scroll down to see all the year's filings.
If you don't see the currently due filing, make sure the Tax Period Dropdown is set for the correct period. 
Click on the "Review Sales Tax" link for the currently due filing. 
Correct any rounding error. (Should not be more than several cents!)
If you are changing the amount, use the tiny blue +Add an Adjustment link to record the amount and reason for the change. Use the Sales Tax Adjustment in our Favor or Sales Tax Adjustment in Vendor's Favor as the account for rounding errors (as of Q4 2025) 
Before recording the payment, make sure the actual amount paid equals the amount shown as paid in QB. 
Click Record Payment. Enter the payment account, correct bank account and date and click Record Payment.


Notes
For tax purposes, our NJ tax ID is the federal tax ID plus three zeros at the end. 

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