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  • Study calls Jersey a taxing place to call home The new budget outpaces other states'

    09/01/2006 7:01:29 PM PDT · by Coleus · 6 replies · 504+ views
    Star Ledger ^ | 08.28.06 | JOE DONOHUE
    New Jersey's reputation as a tax hell just got worse. The $1.9 billion worth of tax increases in the state's new budget represents a 5 percent increase over last year, far outpacing any other state, according to a study by the National Conference of State Legislators. New Jersey now has the highest state sales tax, tied with three other states, at 7 percent. Its cigarette tax now leads in the nation. And, of course, this all comes on top of the nation's highest average property taxes. It's no wonder people like Donley Kuendel are thinking of leaving. "The quality of...