Changes to Form RTF-1! NJ Realty Transfer Fee Applicable to Inter-Company and Affiliate Transfers for Nominal Consideration?

Inter-company transfers of real estate have always been subject to the NJ Realty Transfer Fee. However, in an October 2009 decision of the Tax Court, such transfers between commonly-owned entities were held to be exempt when the transfer is a sale of unencumbered property for less than $100 (as compared to a capital contribution of property by the grantor to the grantee with a simultaneous delivery to the grantor of equity in the grantee).