Blog Budget and Taxes Higher Education Wesley Tharpe Five Things Georgians Should Know About This Week’s Federal Tax Vote November 28, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe The U.S. Senate is set to vote as soon as this Thursday on a major tax package that poses serious risks to regular Georgia families and the state’s future prosperity. Bottom line, like its House counterpart, the current plan includes a massive corporate tax cut, a big new loophole for wealthy investors, a dramatic expansion […] Read more » Budget & Taxes health Higher Education State Taxes tax breaks tax cuts Wesley Tharpe
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Lopsided Tax Plan a Bad Deal for Georgians November 9, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia’s delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to consider a large-scale tax package next week, which in its current form provides a windfall to a few wealthy taxpayers at the top while putting the long-term well-being of regular families in jeopardy. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, introduced in the U.S. House […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax reform Taxpayers
Budget and Taxes Reports Wesley Tharpe A Bottom-Up Tax Cut to Build Georgia’s Middle Class November 3, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe A Georgia Work Credit would give a bottom-up tax cut to more than a million working families in Georgia, providing lifelong benefits for children and boosting local economies. Read more » EITC Georgia Work Credit State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Middle-Class Georgians an Afterthought in Federal Tax Proposal October 6, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Lawmakers in our nation’s capital are set to consider a sweeping package of tax changes that appears to mostly overlook families struggling to make ends meet, both nationwide and here in Georgia. A new nonpartisan analysis of the initial tax plan released by Congressional leaders and the Trump Administration reveals the bulk of potential benefits […] Read more » Budget & Taxes middle class tax cuts tax reform Taxpayers
Budget and Taxes Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Adding Citizens a Powerful Way to Boost Georgia Communities September 15, 2017 / April 2, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe States and cities nationwide are discovering they can strengthen their local economies and boost tax revenues by encouraging immigrants legally in the country on a permanent basis to become citizens. About 9 million people nationwide live in the country as lawful permanent residents and are eligible to become naturalized citizens[1], including an estimated 195,000 in […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes citizenship daca immigration Wesley Tharpe
Budget and Taxes Reports Wesley Tharpe Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2018 July 12, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Budget Basics Georgia’s 2018 fiscal year runs July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 and the total budget available to the state is $45.2 billion. That includes $25 billion in state funding, $13.9 billion in federal funding and $6.4 billion in other funds. The state budget outlines Georgia’s priorities, how it plans to spend money […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes economy Income Tax State Budget tax breaks
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe This Year’s Flurry of Tax Breaks Highlights Need for Better Process May 19, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia is falling behind the majority of states including several of its Southeast neighbors when it comes to making sure tax breaks deliver taxpayers a good return on investment. Twenty-seven states plus the District of Columbia now maintain policies that subject business tax breaks and other economic development subsidies to some sort of objective review […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Governor Deal State Taxes tax breaks Wesley Tharpe
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Tax Break Scheme Aimed at Rural Jobs Offers Georgia a Poor Return on Investment April 18, 2017 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Among the bills now awaiting signature or veto by Gov. Nathan Deal is a complicated new tax break that promises a windfall to some well-connected financial firms and little to no benefit to rural communities it promises to help. Senate Bill 133, called the Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act, narrowly passed the state Senate […] Read more » CAPCO tax breaks
Budget and Taxes Reports Wesley Tharpe Legislators Approve Isolated Tax Breaks, Defer Broad Tax Changes April 12, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Sine Die 2017 Gov. Nathan Deal is set to consider a grab bag of tax revisions approved by state legislators before the end of the 2017 legislative session. At least 10 tax bills with potential to reduce state revenues cleared both the House and Senate and now await action by […] Read more » Income Tax revenue tax breaks
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Health Justice K-12 Education Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice 2017 GBPI Legislative Recap, Sine Die Edition March 31, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe As Georgia lawmakers opened the 2017 General Assembly January 9, our top legislative priorities included renewal of a fee critical to the state’s health care system, momentum for a bottom-up tax cut for workers and commitment to supporting high-quality public schools. Lawmakers debated those issues and many others before adjourning late yesterday. Today’s recap updates […] Read more » Sine Die
