New Jersey voters approve tax deduction for some veterans

New Jersey voters agreed to a ballot question to let veterans living in retirement communities get a $250 property tax deduction.

News 12 Staff

Nov 6, 2019, 3:55 AM

Updated 1,643 days ago

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New Jersey voters approve tax deduction for some veterans
(AP) - New Jersey voters agreed to a ballot question to let veterans living in retirement communities get a $250 property tax deduction.
The question was the only statewide referendum on Tuesday's ballot.
Legislative estimates show the deduction would carry a cost to taxpayers of $350,000 to $550,000 annually. That's just a small fraction of the state's roughly $39 billion budget.
It's unclear, though, exactly how many beneficiaries the expanded deduction would affect.
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