Wheeler dealers’ efforts pay off
GBPI Admin
March 25, 2012
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the omnibus tax bill. Read the article.
Month: March 2012
Senate Resolution 20, The Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR)
GBPI Admin
March 23, 2012
Senate Resolution 20, The Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), is flawed legislation that would amend the Georgia State Constitution to limit the growth of state revenues and expenditures to a formula of population plus government inflation growth. Colorado, the only
Weekly Legislative Update, March 23
GBPI Admin
March 23, 2012
This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Health Policy Education Policy Human Services Policy State Revenues Considering the governor lowered FY 2012 revenue estimate to 4.25
Senate OKs tax ‘reform’ bill; measure now heads to governor’s desk
GBPI Admin
March 23, 2012
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on HB 386 in the Creative Loafing. The article also references GBPI’s analysis of HB 386. Read full article.
Tax Bill Takes Small Steps in the Right Direction
Wesley Tharpe
March 23, 2012
More Work Needed to Achieve Comprehensive Tax Reform The omnibus tax bill passed by the General Assembly this week, HB 386, is not perfect, but it is a small step in the right direction. Overall, the bill is a (mostly)
Bill Analysis: House Bill 386 (LC 34 3484S) | Tax Package
Wesley Tharpe
March 22, 2012
In the final days of the 2012 legislative session, the General Assembly passed an omnibus tax bill, HB 386,that falls short of the comprehensive tax reform Georgia needs to bring the tax system into the 21st century. While it exhibits
Sweeping tax bill hurtles toward law
GBPI Admin
March 22, 2012
GBPI Executive Director is quoted on the newly introduced tax bill. Read full article.
House rushes, approves tax ‘overhaul’
GBPI Admin
March 21, 2012
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on the newly introduced tax bill. Read full article.
Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund
GBPI Admin
March 20, 2012
GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie discusses the state’s unemployment trust fund and alternatives to SB 447 on Primetime Lawmakers . View the discussion. The Unemployment Trust Fund segment begins at the 11 minute, 37 second mark. Additional Information Bill Analysis:
Major reforms in taxes, criminal justice come up for vote in Georgia Legislature this week
GBPI Admin
March 19, 2012
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on the House fiscal year 2013 budget. Read full article.