property taxes

Through the Local Efficiency Achievement Program, New Jersey allocates up to $10 million a year in grants for counties, towns and school districts.

Republican candidate for governor Jack Ciattarelli said school aid should be distributed evenly per student statewide, with extra for English language learners.

A financial website crunched the numbers and came up with a ranking of the top ten counties in NJ.

The cap on state and local taxes that can be claimed as a deduction on federal taxes, better known as the SALT cap, has been seen as an attack on Democratic states, particularly high-tax states such as New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

Benefits for eligible homeowners have long been based on 2006 property tax information, even as bills continued rising. The change in the budget will boost benefits $130 or more.

If you're a young person looking to put down roots here in New Jersey, you might want to look to greener pastures.

Shared services to reduce spending is seen as one way to relieve some of the pressure on New Jersey's tops-in-the-nation property tax bills.

An effort is underway to possibly hire researchers from Rutgers University to study how to reduce property taxes.

Bill would let local governments borrow up to 30% of their budget and repay it over 10 years without needing permission from local voters or the state.

Property tax collections declined slightly in May, when mortgage escrows paid the bills. The pattern could be different in the second half of 2020.