This week we picked up an important Co-Sponsor, Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D) from District 37 bringing the total Sponsors on our Assembly Bill A-4520 to 17 and 3 Sponsors on our identical Senate Bill S-3133!
Huttle is a significant addition for two reasons. A) She was a PRIMARY Sponsor of the current tax law (A-1753) that we are looking to correct…..AND B) She is on the Tourism, Gaming and Arts committee where the bill is currently assigned. We now have 3 co-sponsors who are ON the TGA committee.
Also this week, Speaker Coughlin was on the monthly “Speak to the Speaker” program on WCTC 1450AM. He took a couple of questions from callers about the Shore Rental Tax. The speaker was well aware of the bill to correct the tax, even mentioning it by number (4520). He said they were working on it. Hopefully the direct feedback he received today helps move things along.
Another benefit from this Coughlin’s show was that the story got picked up by NJBiz.com who wrote an article about the “shore rental tax.”
The call to action this week remains the same. Please see our home page for specific instructions.
I contacted my state senators and house members back in Oct, for my primary hometown, as well as both NJ shore towns. Please let us know what else we can do to get this tax waived for shore rentals. Please reach out to Maria Kirk at http://www.shoresummerrentals.com (I will also send her a link to your website). Renters will either decide not to come at all, or will go to realtors when they’re rather not, or will spend less while on their shore vacation.