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A1181 • 2026

Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers to General Fund on gross income tax return.

Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers to General Fund on gross income tax return.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
DiMaio, John
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers to General Fund on gross income tax return.

Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers to General Fund on gross income tax return.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers to General Fund on gross income tax return.
  • Topic: Commerce and Economic Development Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee

Official Summary Text

Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers to General Fund on gross income tax return.
Topic:
Commerce and Economic Development
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1181

ASSEMBLY, No. 1181

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOHN DIMAIO

District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers to
General Fund on gross income tax return.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning voluntary contributions through gross income
tax returns to support the General Fund and supplementing chapter 9 of Title
54A of the New Jersey Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� A taxpayer shall
have the opportunity to indicate on the taxpayer�s New Jersey gross income tax
return that a portion of the taxpayer�s tax refund or an enclosed contribution
shall be deposited in the General Fund.�

���� b.��� Any costs incurred by
the Division of Taxation for collection and administration attributable to this
section may be deducted from receipts collected pursuant to this section, as
determined by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department
of the Treasury.� The State Treasurer shall deposit net contributions collected
pursuant to this section into the General Fund.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and apply to taxable years beginning on or after the January
1 next following enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides for a
designation on the State gross income tax return that will permit taxpayers to
make voluntary contributions to the General Fund.�

���� The General Fund is the fund
into which all State revenues, not otherwise restricted by statute or the State
Constitution, are deposited and from which appropriations are made.� The
largest part of the total financial operations of the State is accounted for in
the General Fund.� Revenues received from most taxes, federal revenues, and
certain miscellaneous revenue items are recorded in the General Fund.