Taxes

New York continued to tax New Jersey residents who worked from home during the pandemic for New York-based employers as if they were in their offices.

Local property taxes pay for about half of what New Jersey schools spend. But in some places it's just under 10%.

For 10 days, ending Labor Day, school supplies will be tax-free in New Jersey. That includes computers as expensive as $3,000.

Statewide, local property taxes pay for about half of what schools spend. But it varies significantly, over 80% in some places and under 10% in others.

The ANCHOR rebates in the new budget seek to revive a program that has shrunk its number of beneficiaries by more than 80% from its peak 15 years ago.

If they didn’t have enough to worry about, these restaurants can add a proposed tax increase to the pile that would certainly be crippling to these New Jersey businesses.

New Jersey has created a new child tax credit of up to $500 per child under 6. It might not be paid until 2024, but sponsors intend to speed that up by a year.

State revenues in May were nearly 39% smaller than one year earlier, but the state Treasury says that's because the income tax deadline was delayed in 2021.

Businesses have been looking for help to avoid a hike in what they pay into the unemployment fund. They might instead get credits offsetting other taxes.

Through amended or late tax forms, residents can still claim their federal child tax credits or state and federal earned income tax credits.