Parents and students expecting to get a break on New Jersey’s sales tax on back-to-school items are in for a disappointment this year.
As part of the recent state budget deal, the N.J. Legislature has ended the 10-day tax holiday on school supplies that ran from late August through Labor Day. The tax holiday was eliminated in a final round of program cuts just before the legislature adopted Gov. Phil Murphy’s $56.6 billion budget at the end of June.