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Sharing Some Tax Ideas with the Georgia Senate
Last week I testified before the special Fair Tax Study Committee of the Georgia state senate, which is charged with…
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Official 2013 Tally is in, Georgia Rainy Day Fund Still Wanting
Georgia’s surplus from the 2013 is relatively small, as it turns out, slightly rebuilding the state’s reserves, while doing nothing…
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Governor’s Tax Break Review Process Needs Rethinking
State tax breaks should be evaluated on a regular basis to ensure they’re efficiently achieving Georgia’s goals, but a new…
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Labor Day Reminder: Educated Workers Drive the Economy
A new study by the Economic Policy Institute once again confirms what should be obvious; a well-educated work force is…
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Promises of Economic Growth Through Tax Cuts are Empty
Those pushing for the type of radical tax plans described in our new report say that deep income tax cuts…
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Tax Shift Plans Are Bad Deal for Georgia
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s policy analyst Wesley Tharpe’s op-ed on the proposed tax shift plans…
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New Report: Details Behind the Tax Shift Effect
Our recent report on potential tax shift plans in Georgia estimates that a seismic shift from incomes taxes to sales…
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How Tax Shift Plans Raise Taxes on Most Families
A seismic shift from incomes taxes to sales taxes would raise total state taxes for as many as four in…
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New Report Highlights Impractical “Tax Shift” Plans
Legislative proposals to drastically cut or abolish Georgia’s state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes would raise…
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