New Jersey’s legislators should work to change the way taxes are collected and distributed in order to create meaningful and lasting reforms.
Tax Policies
The Property Tax Problem
Friday, July 28th, 2006Greener Pastures Outside Garden State?
Friday, March 31st, 2006Census figures show New Jerseyans continue to leave the Garden State in significantly higher numbers than new residents are arriving from other states.
Those moving out between 1990 and 1999 exceeded those moving in from other states by 378,495 – more than the entire population of Mercer County (350,761), or Newark, the state’s largest city (273,546).
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The Real Gripe about Gas Tax
Thursday, February 16th, 2006New Jersey’s most pressing financial problem is transportation funding
The Gubernatorial Race
Friday, October 21st, 2005Without new ways of managing growth and without fixing the systems that drive development, including the property tax system, New Jersey will never reach genuine prosperity.
Supporting Tax Relief, But Not Reform?
Friday, May 13th, 2005New Jersey Future believes that while not the first choice, a tax convention is the best choice for finding solutions to the state’s property tax problems.
Family Unfriendly towns
Friday, January 28th, 2005Today’s property tax system drives communities to zone out families and to chase and compete for non-residential development, even when that development changes community character, erases open lands and adds to traffic.
Protecting New Jersey’s Past, Present and Future
Friday, October 22nd, 2004Historic preservation is a potentially powerful contributor to the economic engine of New Jersey.
Gas Tax Too Expensive
Wednesday, November 26th, 2003A proposal to raise the gas tax by 12.5 cents per gallon would have a minimal impact on the drivers of fuel-efficient vehicles, and a large payoff for all drivers if the funds are used as proposed for the repair of today’s aging infrastructure and projects to alleviate heavy traffic.
Cyanamid Site and Tax-Sharing
Friday, December 13th, 2002Tax sharing means communities share the tax benefits of new development with their neighbors just as they already share the negative spillover effects of development, including increased traffic, pollution and loss of open land.
Summit Touches Key Causes of Sprawl
Thursday, October 31st, 2002This over-dependence on property taxes forces New Jersey municipalities to chase new development or “ratables,” and make their land use choices on unbalanced fiscal reasoning, spurring sprawl.
