Property Taxes

The Murphy administration is beginning to unveil a series of initiatives aimed at dealing with property taxes, from more efforts to encourage shared services to the possibility of moving toward countywide school districts.

Legislation that would push local governments to share services, in part by threatening to withhold funds if they don’t, is again moving in the Senate.

Changes in federal tax law have some scrambling to pay 2018 property taxes to maximize tax deductions. If postmarked by Sunday, they'd have to be accepted.

You hate taxes but love buying stuff. So what's better than reducing your tax burden by purchasing a slice of pizza or new floors for the house?

Nationally in 2016, the average property tax bill on a single family home was $3,296. New Jersey residents wish they had it that good.

Towns and counties would gain an exemption to the spending limits of the cap on property tax increases for spending that attracts matching-fund grants.

Salary caps for school superintendents would remain, but they'd be changed to allow higher pay and incentives for staying in their districts.

Gov. Chris Christie said failing, underpopulated schools in urban areas would close under his idea for redistributing school aid so that it’s equal per pupil in every municipality.

Democratic lawmakers have a plan for fully funding New Jersey’s schools – or rather, a plan for developing a five-year plan, over the course of the next year.

Gov. Chris Christie will delivers his budget address Tuesday afternoon at the statehouse, in his first public appearance since coming off of the campaign trail.