Businesses have always been allowed to pass along the processing fees charged by credit card companies. For many years, vendors and restauranteurs absorbed the cost, generally 1.5% to 3.5% of these charges. Recently, businesses have been passing along these charges to their customers. Under A-4284/S-3508, which has passed both houses of the Legislature without opposition and is headed to Gov. Murphy for his signature, retailers and restaurants may continue to do so but with restrictions; they will not be able to profit from the "pass along" transactions. They will not be allowed to impose an additional surcharge that exceeds the costs actually incurred for processing credit card transactions.