New Jersey offers companies a tax break for child care

Provides temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.

Introduced· 2026-02-19

Who's it for

Who's it for: Workers

What it means for you

8/10Helps you

Good for everyday people ·

Heavily funded

Plain‑English summary, cross‑checked against the official bill text.

This bill would give businesses a tax discount if they build or upgrade a child care center for their workers.

Our take

What we think, in plain words.

Finding affordable child care is a huge struggle for working parents. This bill tries to help by offering companies a tax break to build daycares right where their employees work. To make sure it is not just a free corporate handout, the bill forces companies to keep the daycare open for at least five years. If they close it early, they have to pay the state back with interest.

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The facts

What the bill actually says, no spin.

Gives businesses a tax break for half of their costs to build or fix up a child care center.
Caps the tax discount at $25,000 per company.
Requires the daycare to be used mostly by the company's own workers.
Forces companies to pay the money back with interest if they close the center before five years.