QUARTERLY UPDATE — APRIL 2026
The change in our current system of Property Taxation would involve changing the method of allocating the annual tax increases for properties in each municipality.  The current method allocates the $ amount of increases from the School District, the Municipality, and the County Government based on the assessed values of each taxable property.  The NEW method would divide this  $ increase by the number of taxable properties in the municipality.  Accordingly, each taxable property would have the same $ increase regardless of the assessed value of a property.  The base assessment would remain the same.  This change would recognize that all the taxable properties in a municipality receive the SAME municipal, school, and County  services.  No changes would occur in the base assessment for 2026 in all taxable properties.  Going forward all revaluations would be avoided, and no increased assessments for property improvements.  Renovations, upgrades, and additions to existing properties would NOT receive an increase ASSESSED Value, since that increase in assessment would not change the Municipal, schools, and County services received by the property owners. This change would spur all sorts of improvements in properties, without fear of increasing property taxes each year based on an ASSESSED improvement.  The increased economic activity would lead to an incease in both State Income taxes and sales taxes.  All income taxes in NJ go directly into the PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FUND,  which provides money for Schools and Pensions.  All this property improvement and economic activity would be accomplished by a simple mathematical change in the allocation of the $ tax increase at the municipal assessor's office. An added bonus to spur housing development would be to assess all new property construction units at the AVERAGE for the Municipality.
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PROPERTY TAX REFORM NEW JERSEY, Inc. is a non-profit educational charity with IRS section 501(c)(3) status.
Contributions are tax deductible.
PTRNJ'S GOAL :
to educate NJ homeowners about a better way to deliver property tax relief.
PROPERTY TAXES ARE THE #1 ISSUE WITH NJ RESIDENTS
MUNICIPAL SERVICES ARE THE SAME FOR EACH RESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF THE HOME VALUE
PROPERTY TAXES HAVE NO UPPER LIMIT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME
A the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, NJ needed a system of taxation to pay for Government. "WEALTH" was to be taxed.
In 1783, the only "WEALTH" was the Land owned "free and clear", and these owners were "freeholders".
In 2020, NJ changed the term "County Freeholder" to County Commissioner, to eliminate the antiquated term.
When the State income tax was instituted in 1976, all the receipts are dedicated to the "PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FUND" (PTRF)
In the NJ 2024 State Budget, the Property Tax Relief Fund is $21 Billion.
NJ residents are unaware of how their $21 Billion of their INCOME TAXES are being spent.
PTRNJ's educational mission is to show NJ homeowners about how the PTRF is being spent, and explain a progressive system of Circuit Breakers.
Currently, 21 States and the District of Columbia use a system of "CIRCUIT BREAKERS" to cap property taxes as a % of income.
Just as NJ income taxes are adjusted based on income, Property Taxes should be related to household income.
If the highest income tax rate is 10.75%, Property Taxes should NOT be more than 10.75% of Household Income.
A Progressive system of property taxes with "Circuit Breakers" would be a fairer way to assess property taxes.
