NEW JERSEY
Selling or buying a business in New Jersey
What is different about a New Jersey company sale, including the state's bulk-sale notice. We have no published office.
A statewide market, not a headquarters claim
New Jersey companies are often owner-operated: trades, professional practices, food, local logistics, and main-street retail sitting next to a landlord who is also part of the deal. We do not claim New Jersey is its only market, and it does not publish an office, a street address, or a headcount here.
The same sell and buy forms work for any location. These pages exist because a New Jersey asset sale has a tax step that a generic national article skips, and because the counties do not share one economy.
Bulk sale notification
The New Jersey Division of Taxation says a bulk sale is a sale, transfer, or assignment of business assets outside the ordinary course of business. The purchaser notifies the Division on Form C-9600, with the contract, at least 10 business days before closing, by registered, certified, or overnight mail. The Division's page says the point is to keep the purchaser from inheriting the seller's state tax obligations. Ordinary sales to retail customers are excluded. A single-family or two-family home has its own exclusion, which the Division describes on that page.
Read the current instructions before you close. This is not tax advice, and We do not file the form. The statute the form cites is N.J.S.A. 54:50-38. A lawyer or tax adviser applies it to a stock sale, an asset sale, or a deal that includes real estate.
Questions
Do we have a New Jersey office?
No office is published. Do not read these pages as a local storefront.
Where do I start a sale?
The sell form. It is a preliminary range, not a listing and not an appraisal.