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hollysmom

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4. yes, our sales tax is high NJ - but there are a lot of exemptions

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Sun Jun 22, 2014, 07:01 PM

Jun 2014

there are exemption in poorer cities, there are exemptions on clothes on certain holidays like back to school time. and necessities beyond food are exempt. Plus there is a luxury tax on high priced items like yachts. So it does not fall so much on the poor.

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