Taxes in New Jersey

Each state’s tax code is a multifaceted system with many moving parts, and New Jersey is no exception. The first step towards understanding New Jersey’s tax code is knowing the basics.

How does New Jersey rank? Below, we have highlighted a number of tax rates, ranks, and measures detailing New Jersey’s income tax, business tax, sales tax, and property tax systems. Click the tabs below to explore!

Tax Foundation Research Plastered in Editorial Sections This Week

March 12, 2009

Will the Last Investment Banker Left in Manhattan Please Turn Out the Lights?

February 11, 2009

Troubled Hoboken Faces 47 Percent Property Tax Hike

January 16, 2009

Tracking State Budget News on Twitter, and the Best of the Blogosphere

January 13, 2009

BusinessWeek Features State Business Tax Climate Index; State-Local Tax Reports in Editorial Pages This Week

December 31, 2008

WSJ Columnist Cites Our State & Local Tax Studies, Urges Obama Not to Repeat New Jersey’s Mistakes

December 30, 2008

Tax Foundation’s Website Among the “Online Tax Canon” … and the Best of the Blogosphere

December 29, 2008

State Budgets: New Jersey Governor Cuts Some Spending But Hints Tax Increases are Likely

December 28, 2008

Appropriation by Litigation Update

December 18, 2008

Giving Thanks: Best of the Blogosphere from the Garden State, the Sunshine State and the Keystone State

November 25, 2008

New Jersey Takes One Step to Improve Its Business Tax Climate

November 25, 2008

Tax Foundation in College Newspapers, and the Best of the Blogosphere

November 17, 2008

New Podcast on New Jersey’s Business Tax Climate

November 4, 2008

Even Proposing a Sales Tax Holiday Creates Tax Instability

October 21, 2008

New Jersey Republicans Propose Sales Tax Holiday

October 14, 2008

Tax Foundation in the Editorial Pages: Nonpayers, Corporate Taxes, and the Index

October 13, 2008

Best of the Blogosphere: 2009 State Business Tax Climate Index

October 10, 2008

Time to Rehab New Jersey’s Tax Climate

October 7, 2008

More on States Exporting Tax Burden to Out-of-State Businesses

March 25, 2008

BATSA Hearing: Shaken Down by New Jersey on the State Line

February 21, 2008