(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)The benefits, unchanged from last year, will range from $450 to $1,750
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)The benefits, unchanged from last year, will range from $450 to $1,750
(AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)Stay NJ program is set to go into effect in 2026. Some critics are skeptical of its sustainability — and fairness
(AP photo/Mike Catalini)A corporate tax hike is in, so is community college funding Murphy had proposed cutting. Out, a new warehouse tax and higher gun fees
(Ervins Strauhmanis via Flickr)Controversial new business tax has drawn most of the attention, but other levies are in line for increase
(NJ Spotlight News)A 10-fold increase in the property-tax deduction was approved by Senate panel
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)A key phrase — ‘ subject to appropriation’ — means the popular relief programs effectively operate on a year-to-year basis

(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)Expert panel says direct credits not possible until state upgrades software and technology
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Why not direct credits that lower tax bills, lawmakers ask
(NJ Spotlight News)Officials agree more changes needed when setting funding levels next year
(NJ Spotlight News)Murphy signs laws that soften aid cuts, allow districts to raise taxes, delay budget deadlines
(AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)Now up to Gov. Murphy, as lawmakers pass legislation that would undo some, but not all, of the cuts
(NJ Spotlight News)Lawmakers told combining local government operations one way to ease rising property taxes
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Murphy, lawmakers have laid the ground for ‘Stay NJ,’ an ambitious property-tax relief program, but pending update will detail ways to make it real
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(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Increases (and decreases) were all over the map. The average increase last year was 3.3%

Analysis of latest DCA data reveals highest annual growth rate for property taxes in more than a decade
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)With time running out, committees clear election-year plan to boost tax credits, property tax benefits and more
(Ali Eminov from Flickr; CC BY-NC 2.0)The average property-tax bill grew by more than 2%. See what happened in your town

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