Budget and Taxes Featured Policy Areas Reports Advancing Georgia’s 1930s Tax System to the Modern Day August 25, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The report offers recommendations to the 2010 Tax Reform Council that stress a workable combination of raising enough money to meet Georgia’s needs, updating the system to reflect today’s economy, and tying the system more closely to ability to pay. Download the PDF. Read more » Report State Taxes tax reform Tax Reform Council Tax System
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2010: Gov Vetoes Revenue Drains, but Signs Law to Raise Taxes on Poor July 26, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The General Assembly passed bills to raise $438 million and improve tax collections during the recent legislative session, but it continued to pass long-term tax cuts in this recession, disregarded other revenue proposals, and shifted taxes onto middle- and low-income Georgians. The governor vetoed a bill with the most costly tax breaks, but signed one […] Read more » Adding Up the Fiscal Notes Report State Budget State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Policy Areas Reports State Directs Majority of TANF Funds to Child Welfare Despite Rise in TANF Recipients for FY 2011 June 24, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff | 2 Comments on State Directs Majority of TANF Funds to Child Welfare Despite Rise in TANF Recipients for FY 2011 Georgia has 13.7% cumulatively less TANF funds than it had to use for families struggling to make ends meet prior to the Great Recession. Even with less available funding and rising poverty, policymakers continue to use 60% of TANF funds to replace state funds for child welfare-related services while cutting TANF funds from state programs […] Read more » Clare Richie Economic Security Report Safety Net State Budget TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Policy Areas Reports Lawmakers Protect Medicaid, Funding Gaps Loom for 2012: Analysis of FY 2011 Health Care Budgets June 21, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Lawmakers cut Department of Community Health by $236.8 million and increased support for the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities by 9.3 percent. There are no cuts to Medicaid or PeachCare eligibility; the budget has new revenue from a provider fee to increase reimbursement rates to hospitals. The budget is heavily reliant on enhanced […] Read more » Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Department of Community Health FY 2011 health medicaid PeachCare Recovery Act State Budget Tim Sweeney
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Deep Cuts to Government Mark Fiscal Year 2011, Budget May Yet Be in the Red June 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The Great Recession has resulted in the worst fiscal crisis in more than 70 years, resulting in multi-billion dollar deficits. Although Recovery Act funds help, lawmakers’ strategy to slash impacts every facet of state government, resulting in severe service cuts as well as layoffs/furloughs of thousands of teachers/employees. The irony is that as Georgia is […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes FY 2011 Recovery Act Report State Budget
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Reports State Budget Slashes Services for Children, Poor, and the Elderly June 15, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Responding to Georgia’s low projected revenues for this upcoming fiscal year, Georgia legislators and the governor agreed to cut $33.5 million in State General Funds from the Department of Human Services (DHS) fiscal year 2011 General Budget compared to the current year’s enacted budget. Download the PDF. Read more » Department of Human Services Economic Security Report Safety Net State Budget
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Policy Areas Reports Education Budgets FY 2011 Highlights … And the Four Options for the Future May 25, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff In response to continued revenue declines and limited new revenue measures, lawmakers cut education — K-12, University System, and Technical College System — by 13 to 15 percent for fiscal year (FY) 2011 when compared to the Original FY 2009 General Budget, which preceded the recessionary budget cuts. Download the PDF. Read more » Education FY 2011 K-12 State Budget Technical College System University System
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: House and Senate Improve Short-Term Fiances, but Pass Revenue Drains on Future Budgets May 17, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The General Assembly took some positive steps to address the $5 billion deficit. However, they continued passing long-term tax cuts during this Great Recession ($624 million a year), disregarded other revenue options, and shifted the cost of services onto the middle- and low- income. If the gov vetoes HBs 1023 and 1069, he will prevent […] Read more » Adding Up the Fiscal Notes budget deficit HB 1023 HB 1069 House Bill 1023 House Bill 1069 Report State Budget State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Major Differences Between House and Senate Fiscal Year 2011 Budgets April 22, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Both the House and Senate largely kept the governor’s cuts for this current fiscal year and what he proposed for next year in their FY 2011 budgets. This report highlights the differences between the two chambers. Download PDF. Read more » FY 2011 Report State Budget
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports House Bill 1198 Eliminates $21 Million in Tax Credits for 1 Million of the Poorest Georgians April 22, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff This report documents the Senate’s amendment to a house bill that raises taxes on the poorest during this recession, but leaves intact a credit for corporations. It includes a chart showing that low and middle-income Georgians already pay a higher portion of their income in taxes than wealthy Georgians. Download the PDF. Read more » HB 1198 House Bill 1198 Report State Taxes
