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TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Ellen Karcher which would exempt active-duty military personnel serving outside of the State from New Jersey’s gross income tax was unanimously approved by the Senate Law, Public Safety and Veterans’ Affairs Committee today.

“For those brave men and women serving our country on the front lines, we need to do everything we can at home to support them,” said Senator Karcher, D-Monmouth and Mercer. “Our soldiers are sacrificing so much in the name of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and to ask them to pay taxes in support of services they are not here to use is ridiculous. When our servicemen and servicewomen are fighting the good fight, they should be exempt from income taxes back home.”

TRENTON – Senator Ellen Karcher announced that she has signed on to sponsor the Senate version of a bill which would exempt active-duty military personnel serving outside of the State from New Jersey’s gross income tax.

“We should do everything in our power to support the brave men and women defending our country abroad,” said Senator Karcher, D-Monmouth and Mercer. “I think that our troops serving overseas have earned exemption from the State income tax, by risking their lives to keep America safe. To tax their military pay, when our soldiers are already sacrificing so much for the greater good, is disgraceful.”