The annual filing for state and local contractors required under New Jersey Chapter 271 (Form BE) is due March 30, 2026. As we have described in previous client alerts, a business entity must file this report if the entity received $50,000 or more in the aggregate during the 2025 calendar year through agreements or contracts with New Jersey state and local government entities.
If such a business entity has reportable contributions made by covered donors in 2025, these contributions, as well as details regarding the agreements or contracts, must be reported.
If the business entity does not have reportable contributions, the business must still file a statement, but does not need to disclose anything regarding the agreements (unlike in Maryland pay-to-play filings). Therefore, such a business entity does not need to internally identify all agreements and instead can file a no-reportable-contributions report once the entity identifies one or more agreements through which, in the aggregate, it received $50,000 or more in 2025.
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