Congressional bickering makes it difficult to predict how tax laws may change in 2022, but some intrepid CPAs were willing to try.

Gov. Phil Murphy delivered his second inaugural address on Jan. 18 with the state heading toward a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and with business leaders and residents expressing frustration about the measures public health officials believe are necessary to end the crisis.

The Biden administration’s determination to curtail or eliminate some valuable tax breaks, along with expiration dates baked into some provisions, has business owners worried.

Vicki Clark has led the organization for more than 30 years.

Two recent investigations by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Wage & Hour Compliance Division yielded $162,000 due to nearly 300 workers.

A two-count suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by the group Save Long Beach Island, a nonprofit that says proposals from the Biden and Murphy administrations haven’t thoroughly examined how to avoid harming the state's commercial fishing and tourism industries, or its marine ecosystems. 

The Garden State's unemployment rate dipped to 6.3% in December, lagging behind the national average of 3.9%.

Organized under the banner EmpowerNJ, more than 120 environmental and other social justice groups are challenging the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, asserting it refuses to go ahead with rulemaking tied to cutting the state’s emissions by 2030.

NJ Aspire is a flagship program under the state’s $14.5 billion 2020 Economic Recovery Act that Gov. Phil Murphy has touted as an initiative to help advance housing and commercial development projects in “overlooked” communities.

The model pairs partners with colleges and universities to give students the opportunity to concurrently fulfill requirements by earning college credits for their work-based learning.

“The omicron tsunami has washed across our state,” the governor said Tuesday during the first public appearance of his second term. “We are no longer going to look past those who continue to put their colleagues … and those who are their responsibility in danger of COVID. That has to stop.”

The legislation ranges from state subsidies allowing for businesses to hire disabled workers, to funds for a major NAACP conference in Atlantic City.