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Chris Emigholz
Chief Government Affairs Officer
Taxation & Economic Development Committee
The Taxation & Economic Development policy committee develops positions on legislative and regulatory proposals covering tax and economic development issues. This includes job creation incentives, development incentives, tax compliance, and tax competitiveness. You can also visit our Taxation Resource page for more information.
If you have questions, please contact Chris Emgholz at cemigholz@njbia.org.
Committee MeetingsTaxation & Economic Development News
Position Papers
March 11, 2024
NJBIA FY25 Assembly Budget Testimony
On behalf of our member companies that make NJBIA the largest business association in our state, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today in opposition to Governor Murphy’s recently proposed FY2025 (FY25) State Budget. A lot has changed in a year after NJBIA testified to this committee about the FY24 proposed state […]
March 4, 2024
NJBIA Testimony to Senate Economic Growth Committee on Supporting Economic Growth After Pandemic & Recent Disparity Study
On behalf of our member companies that make NJBIA the largest business association in our state, thank you to Chairwoman Cruz-Perez for giving business organizations this important opportunity to speak about how we can improve our state’s economic recovery after the pandemic, as well as for the chance to comment on the alarming results of […]
June 27, 2023
NJBIA Testimony in Support of A-5323 – CBT Reform Bill
Good afternoon! My name is Christopher Emigholz, and I am the Chief Government Affairs Officer for the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA). On behalf of our member companies that make NJBIA the largest business association in our state, thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of A-5323 and explain why this […]
Issue Reports
July 15, 2022
FY23 State Budget Recap & Other Updates for NJBIA’s Taxation & Economic Development Policy Committee
The following is a recap on the recently signed FY23 state budget as well as provide some updates on other tax and economic development issues in New Jersey. FY23 State Budget UI Tax Relief Comes Up Short Teen Worker Reforms UEZ News Division of Taxation Legislation FOCUS NJ Economic Update FY23 State Budget: Overall, the […]
July 12, 2022
FY23 State Budget Recap & Other Updates for NJBIA’s Taxation & Economic Development Policy Committee
I wanted to provide you all a recap on the recently signed FY23 state budget as well as provide some updates on other tax and economic development issues in New Jersey. FY23 State Budget UI Tax Relief Comes Up Short Teen Worker Reforms UEZ News Division of Taxation Legislation FOCUS NJ Economic Update FY23 State […]
February 1, 2022
NJBIA Taxation & Economic Development Fiscal Update
I want to briefly update you all on some of the fiscal bills Gov. Phil Murphy signed and vetoed at the end of the 2020-2021 legislative session. The Governor signed the Business Alternative Income Tax (BAIT) for pass-through entities cleanup bill and film tax credit expansion, both of which NJBIA supported, but we were disappointed […]
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