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Chris Christie on Tax Reform

FactCheck: NJ taxes raised 115 times? Only if fees count too

But those increases included raising taxes, fees and other tax policy changes. Also, there are many other factors affecting the loss of jobs, wealth and residents. For that statement, the governor received a Half True.

Christie also claimed naysayers said it was "impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit" and "we did it."

The deficit figure Christie cites refers to a $10.7 billion projected structural deficit, a calculation Christie uses to his advantage in his first budget year but has since dismissed as the old way of budgeting. Christie received a Half True.

2009: Single tax rate would raise taxes for low earners

Reduce all income tax brackets by 10% and restore EITC

I propose to reduce income tax rates for each and every New Jerseyan. In every tax bracket. By 10% across the board.

I also propose to fully restore the earned income tax credit for New Jersey's working poor, which we were forced to cut during the dark days of 2010, when growth was gone & we had no money. Understand what this means--every New Jerseyan will get a cut in taxes. The working poor. The struggling middle class. The new college graduates getting their first job. The senior citizens who have already retired. The single mom. The job creators. The

We can and we must lower taxes

I believe we can and we must lower taxes. Lower taxes will invite back businesses, jobs, employees, residents and students. More people paying taxes means more revenue
• Reduce the personal income tax
• Restore property tax relief for everyone
• Eliminate the "double-taxation' on New Jersey S-Corporations
• Eliminate special interest labor union giveaways that increase taxes
• 2/3 majority vote to impose new tax or to increase existing tax.

NJ has highest state tax burden & it's getting worse

In fact, Jon Corzine and Jim McGreevey have raised taxes on the average New Jersey family by more than $10,000 since 2002--over $22 billion in taxes, the highest in the nation.

This will change in a Christie Administration. Highlights from Chris' plan to cut our taxes:

• Provide Property Tax Relief
• Reduce New Jersey's Income Tax
• Across the board cut for all taxpayers
• Additional cut or credit for NJ-based small businesses
• Reduce the Corporate Business Tax Rate
• Eliminate the double taxation on New Jersey's S-Corporations

Keep property tax rebate program