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 TRENTON – State
Treasurer John E. McCormac announced today that Business Registration
Certificates (BRCs) can be accessed and printed through a newly installed
on-line system now offered by Treasury’s Division of Revenue.
All business entities in New Jersey are required to register with
the State and obtain a BRC. Under the recently enacted proof of registration
law, which took effect September 1, vendors bidding for a public contract
with State and local government agencies are now required to submit
a copy of their BRC with their bid responses.
“This service enables businesses to verify their registration
status with the Department in real time, and obtain printable business
registration certificates on-line, in a single session,” said
Treasurer McCormac. “This will greatly simplify and streamline
the process of complying with New Jersey’s proof of registration
law,” he said.
According to Division of Revenue Director John Tully, the system will
include the following user-friendly features:
Availability – The system will be on-line 24/7; Responsiveness – With
the on-line service, registered businesses will no longer be required
to request certificates over the telephone or via e-mail. Mailing delays
will also be eliminated; Security – Use of multiple search and
match fields will curtail unauthorized browsing of business information.
Further, audit trails will be established to authenticate any certificate
presented to a contracting authority; Value-added information
and service channels – The system will alert businesses relative to problems
that may render their registration accounts invalid for contracting
purposes, and point to service channels that will assist them in defining
and rectifying these problems. Likewise, for non-registrants, the system
will provide links to the Department’s existing on-line business
filing and registration services. Businesses will also be able to access
the system periodically to check their registration status.
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The new functions and features will save both the business community
and government contracting agencies time and money,” Tully
said. “Most importantly, facilitating compliance with the proof
of registration requirement will foster greater uniformity in tax
compliance among contractors and sub-contractors, thus assuring a
more level playing field for public procurement,” he said.
The new service can be accessed at www.nj.gov/njbgs.
“This new service is one of several electronic, user-friendly
reforms implemented by Treasury in the last 18 months. Through our
upgrades in the Division of Taxation, we just completed a record year
in the number of tax returns filed electronically. In the Division
of Purchase and Property, we have now made RFPs for State contracts
available on-line and added new quick links to various procurement
activities. These reforms minimize administrative costs for Treasury,
improve departmental efficiency and make it easier for the public to
do business with the State,” McCormac said.
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