An Act concerning the gross income tax treatment of certain discharged student loan indebtedness of disabled veterans and supplementing chapter 6 of Title 54A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
C.54A:6-25.2 Gross income, student loan debt, total, permanently disabled veterans.
1. Gross income shall not include amounts discharged through the Total and Permanent Disability discharge process of the United States Department of Education for student loan indebtedness of a taxpayer who is a totally and permanently disabled veteran. As used herein, “totally and permanently disabled veteran” means an individual who has been determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to have a service-connected disability that is 100 percent disabling or to be totally disabled based on an individual unemployability rating.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved December 5, 2022.