Archive for Tag: energy tax receipts

Stop phoning in tax relief gimmicks, DiMaio says

TRENTON, N.J. – Reminiscent of the impossibility of reaching a live human being at unemployment or motor vehicles during the pandemic, New Jersey residents now can’t get through to Gov. Phil Murphy’s new ANCHOR property tax savings hotline that supposedly went live this week. Homeowners have complained of calling...

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Thomson says energy tax receipts must offset employee health care hikes

TRENTON, N.J. – With the State Health Benefits Commission approving health care rate hikes of 23% for local government employees, Assemblyman Ned Thomson is demanding that energy tax receipts be paid in full to municipalities to offset the expected property tax increases. “The state has essentially been playing Judas...

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Assembly GOP leaders put income, property tax cuts to a vote

TRENTON, N.J. – The Democrats’ support of a more affordable New Jersey was put to a vote on Thursday when Republican leaders pressed the Assembly majority to advance bills cutting income taxes and providing immediate property tax relief. The bills are part of the Assembly GOP’s proposals to combat...

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Webber’s property tax relief bill advances in Legislature

TRENTON, N.J. – A property tax reduction bill that Assemblyman Jay Webber first authored with then-Assemblyman Troy Singleton in 2012 cleared another legislative hurdle on Thursday when the Senate passed it unanimously. The bill (S330/A1012) directs energy tax receipts back to municipalities for the exclusive purpose of providing direct...

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GOP lawmakers push property tax relief bill passed by Senate committee

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblymen Jay Webber and John DiMaio are pushing to advance their bill directing energy tax receipts back to municipalities for the purposes of property tax relief. Heeding New Jersey residents’ affordability concerns, the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee unanimously cleared a companion measure (S330/A1012) in...

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