Definition of rail. 1  1a : a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrierb : a structural member or support. 2  2a : railing 1b : a light structure serving as a guard at the outer edge of a ship's deckc : a fence bounding a racetrack.
New Jersey (NJ) Sales Tax Rates by City. The state sales tax rate in New Jersey is 6.875%. There are no local taxes beyond the state rate. Most of New Jersey has the same sales tax rate. Regions of some cities in the state are part of the Urban Enterprise Zone. These regions have a reduced sales tax rate of 3.4375% to encourage consumers to make purchases in these regions. New Jersey has recent rate changes (Sun Jan 01 2017).
When he signed the deal, Christie stressed the sales tax cut would be New Jersey's first broad-based tax cut since the 1990s. The nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services estimates the sales tax reduction will cost the state budget $655 million a year by 2022 as part of $1.4 billion in tax cuts.