In response to the recent repeal of New Jersey’s back-to-school supplies sales tax holiday, Sen. Carmen Amato of the 9th Legislative District plans to introduce legislation that would reinstate this temporary exemption period for certain retail sales of computers, school supplies, instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment sold to individual purchasers for non-business use.
The sales tax holiday took place in 2022 and 2023, but was repealed for this year as part of state budget negotiations.
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