Taxes

The mayor insists much of the money will go toward pre-K and Rebuild after the Big Soda lobby is defeated in court. Then why not create a reserve fund earmarked for pre-K?

As hearings begin on Governor Murphy's budget proposal, a $1.6 billion tax increase has some Democrats fretting.

It turns out trading people's Medicaid and Medicare coverage for tax cuts for the very richest is not a winning message.

The Controller’s analysis reported that about $22 million of the nearly $85 million in beverage tax revenue collected has gone towards pre-K and community schools.

Murphy wants to raise the sales tax from 6.625 percent to 7 percent and include ride-sharing services and accommodations like Airbnb.

New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney has put forward a proposal that would have the state’s highest-earning corporations staring at a tax hike.

There will be no Rebuild without the soda tax. That’s been the message coming from Mayor Jim Kenney over the last several months

Senate President Steve Sweeney said in a statement Tuesday his plan would imposes a 3 percent surcharge on businesses making over $1 million.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday redoubled his campaign promise to raise income taxes on millionaires but said such a change does not have to be permanent.

When Ruokai Chen saw his real estate taxes jump up in 2016, the actuary with a degree from the Curtis Institute of Music decided to do some digging.

Kenney says funding the school district is critical, but council members aren't thrilled about his plan to hike property taxes.

Krasner, according to city records, ignored his 2017 tax bill so long that the Philadelphia Department of Revenue took him to court to recover some $10,000 in overdue taxes.

As promised, Kenney's proposal would cover the school district's budget gap. The question now is how City Council members and taxpayers will react.

Private-sector leaders want to reduce business taxes, but the school system's urgent financial needs could make that difficult.

Congress passed a  large-scale budget deal on Friday morning that raised the government’s spending limit by $300 billion for the next ...