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Overall, the House FY 2013 Appropriations Bill, HB 742, referred to as the House FY 2013 Budget contains relatively minor adjustments to the governor’s budget proposal. Many of the adjustments restore some of the additional cuts as well as replace some of the federal TANF funding cuts with state funds. Download… [Read more]

 
This Week in the Georgia Legislature
State RevenuesHouse and Senate CalendarState Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax PolicyHealth PolicyEducation PolicyHuman Services Policy
 
State Revenues
State Revenues for the first seven months of this fiscal year are running only 4.5 percent ahead of the… [Read more]

House Bill 993 would make two changes to Georgia tax law. It would require certain Georgia retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases made via the Internet and reinstate Georgia’s sales tax holiday for 2012 and 2013.
This bill analysis highlights the key changes HB 993 proposes to Georiga tax law,… [Read more]

 
This Week in the Georgia Legislature
State RevenuesHouse and Senate CalendarState Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax PolicyEducation PolicyHuman Services Policy
 
State Revenues
State Revenues for the first seven months of this fiscal year are  running only 4.5 percent ahead of the FY… [Read more]

More than a decade of employer tax cuts dramatically reduced the unemployment insurance (UI) system’s reserves and left it inadequately prepared for the recent recession. As a result, Georgia has borrowed over $736 million from the federal government to continue meeting its obligation to pay state UI benefits. The financing of… [Read more]

 
This Week in the Georgia Legislature
State RevenuesHouse and Senate CalendarState Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax PolicyEducation PolicyHuman Services Policy
 
State Revenues
State Revenues for the first seven months of this fiscal year are only running 4.5 percent ahead of the… [Read more]

House Bill 824 Makes Changes to Georgia’s K-12 Education Equalization Program
House Bill 824 (HB 824) makes changes to the state’s K-12 education Equalization Program, which provides state funding to low-wealth school systems across Georgia. Proposed changes in HB 824 improve the program by shifting a larger portion of equalization… [Read more]

Last Week in the Georgia Legislature
State RevenuesHouse and Senate CalendarState Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax PolicyHuman Services Policy
 
State Revenues
The January Revenue numbers have not been released as yet. The release is expected any day. State Revenues for the first six… [Read more]

House Bill 868 is the first bill to drop as part of a package of proposals in the final report of Governor Deal’s Competitiveness Council. Following the report’s recommendations, the bill would revise two of Georgia’s tax incentives for private sector hiring—the Jobs Tax Credit and Quality Jobs Tax Credit.… [Read more]

The Georgia Lottery has provided more than $13 billion toward education programs in Georgia. The  program has enabled more than 1.4 million students to pursue higher education through the Helping Outstanding Pupil’s Educationally (HOPE) Program and provided 1.1 million four-year-olds access to early childhood education through Georgia’s Pre-K Program.  Today, the… [Read more]