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New Jersey’s New Taxes by Andrew S. Fischer
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Sometimes Fate dumps a dropping in your lap and you just can’t ignore it. As it happened, this week I received a missive in the mail from the great state of New Jersey. Two missives, actually. One is a notice to all retail sellers and purchasers of fur clothing. The other outlined changes to NJ’s sales and use tax act. Why did I receive these? Apparently because my Pennsylvania financial services company employs a NJ resident. That’s the only connection. We don’t buy or sell fur – or perform any services in NJ. So NJ must have sent these out in “shotgun” fashion, to everyone in its database. An inefficient waste of postage, if nothing else.
However, there is a bit more to Fate’s little love-notes. As I wrote in a previous article, NJ has so many tax and other revenue streams that it could make your eyes glaze over. Now, it seems, the Garden State has legislated a few new ways to steal its residents’ money.
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These changes, decreed by the government of New Jersey, for the good of all New Jersey residents (whether they like it or not), go into effect on October 1st. It almost feels good to be in Pennsylvania.
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Just don’t get to complacent. The “good ideas” that you see in Jerzee and Taxachusetts are often exported to other states. Tax Policy is one of our most important exports. You see they try it here and when the sheep don’t object to being shorn. When the Joe Sixpacks don’t go to Trenton with pitchfork, torches, tar, and ample supply of feathers, then the politicians think they are safe. They really think they have pulled the wool over our eyes. But as the tyrant Lincoln said that you can’t fool all the people all the time.
When the parade begins, I’ll join it.
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