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).
Currently, New Jersey imposes a 10.5 cents per gallon tax on the sale of gasoline and a 13.5 cents per gallon tax on diesel fuel. Although the tax is passed directly to the consumer at the retail level, it is actually collected by the Division of Taxation at the wholesale level from distributors. New Jersey's motor fuel tax rate has consistently ranked in the range of 45th-48th lowest in the country. The tax was last raised in 1988 by 2.5 cents when it was only 8 cents per gallon for gasoline and 11 cents for diesel.