1Trenton, NJ – A newly introduced bill in the New Jersey Assembly would roll back the state’s sales and use tax rate from 6.625 percent to 6 percent beginning January 1, 2026.

Assembly Bill 6006, sponsored by Assemblymen Christopher P. DePhillips and Al Barlas of District 40 and Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia of District 24, proposes the first statewide sales tax reduction in nearly a decade.

The legislation would amend several sections of New Jersey’s tax code to implement the lower rate and adjust related municipal and hotel occupancy tax formulas accordingly.

Lowering the state’s sales and use tax

Under current law, New Jersey’s general sales tax rate of 6.625 percent has been in effect since 2018, following a phased reduction from 7 percent as part of the 2016 Transportation Trust Fu

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