Posted by: Alan Essig The controversy over fees being diverted from their intended purposes and instead used for other things is really a symptom of a bigger problem: Georgia lacks the money to invest in education, transportation, public safety and
This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Health Policy Education Policy Human Services Policy State Revenues State Revenues for the first eight
State Revenues State Revenues for the first eight months of this fiscal year are running 4.7 percent ahead of the FY 2011 revenue collections. February revenues showed an increase of 7.0 percent over February of 2011. This follows the weak
House leaders deserve significant credit for their responsibility on tax policy so far this session. If in the remaining legislative days the Senate passes six tax bills passed by the House, this would be the first time in years that
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on the necessity for a tool to evaluate the costs and effectiveness of tax breaks. Read full article.
GBPI Policy Analyst Wesley Tharpe is quoted on Governor Deal’s tax credit proposal. Read full article.
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
GBPI is mentioned by Amy Hamilton of taxanalysts.com on the likeliness of Governor Deal introducing an omnibus tax bill in the Special Joint Committee on Georgia Revenue Structure. Download full article.
Once again Georgia is shown to be a low tax state. The Tax Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington D.C., released a national study that compares how much different companies pay in taxes. The study reveals that Georgia has
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