Property Tax System in New Jersey
... What I don’t understand, however, is how we pay them, especially property taxes. ... I am proud to be from New Jersey, my home. I wonder why, then, New Jersey penalizes us for living here? The property tax does just this. ... How can New Jersey ask for a property tax, income tax, county tax, and sales tax and still claim there isn’t enough money to fund the local school? How can we justify paying $9,200 in property taxes, in my family’s case, with $5,500, over half the amount, going to the school district?