Water Recycling. Businesses, cities, and people are finding new ways to save water by reusing it. Many businesses have started recycling water that they use in their manufacturing process. Instead of letting water run down the drain, the water is collected, cleaned (if needed) and run back through the system.
The New Jersey state sales tax rate is 7%, and the average NJ sales tax after local surtaxes is 6.97%. 1  Groceries, clothing and prescription drugs are exempt from the New Jersey sales tax. 2  Counties and cities are not allowed to collect local sales taxes.
Keep this in mind: homeowners in the Garden State pay the highest property taxes of any state in the country, with rates in some areas more than double the national average. The average effective property tax rate in New Jersey is 2.19%, compared with a national average of 1.19%.