The start of the school year is just weeks away, and so begins the dash to stock up on the necessities: pencils, pens, notebooks, calculators, backpacks and more. Fortunately for those who haven’t hit the stores yet, New Jersey will offer a sales tax holiday from Aug. 26 through Sept. 4 for certain retail sales of computers, school supplies and sports and recreational equipment when sold to an individual purchaser for non-business use.

As per P.L. 2022, c.21, signed into law on June 30, 2022, “Sellers should not charge sales tax on eligible items when…