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Slashing Income Tax Delivers Meager Benefit to Most, Jeopardizes Public Services
+ Full Article: Slashing Income Tax Delivers Meager Benefit to Most, Jeopardizes Public ServicesBill Analysis: House Bill 238 (LC 34 4895S) Georgia lawmakers are considering a pair of proposals that offer a miniscule tax cut to the majority of Georgia families and a massive benefit to the highest-income individuals who need it least, while jeopardizing lawmakers’ ability to meet the needs of a rapidly growing state. The first…
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Sensible Reforms Can Boost Undocumented Immigrants’ Tax Contribution
+ Full Article: Sensible Reforms Can Boost Undocumented Immigrants’ Tax ContributionUndocumented immigrants in Georgia pay a significant share of state and local taxes each year and providing those families a path to legal status can increase their tax payments even more. That’s the key takeaway from a new analysis from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), which takes a close look…
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Tax Credit for Contributions to Rural Hospitals
+ Full Article: Tax Credit for Contributions to Rural HospitalsBill analysis updated on Mar. 10, 2016. Please see updated draft. Georgia lawmakers are considering a $250 million tax credit program for individual and corporate donations to hospitals in rural or nearly-rural Georgia communities. House Bill 919 is designed to create private investment incentives for rural hospitals to help shore up their finances. The flawed…
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School Workers, State Retirees Make Gains in 2017 House Budget Passed Today
+ Full Article: School Workers, State Retirees Make Gains in 2017 House Budget Passed TodayThe Georgia House of Representatives today proposed increased benefits for state retirees and expanding raises to public school support workers as it put its own touches on the governor’s proposed $23.7 billion budget for 2017. State senators get a chance as soon as next week to insert their chamber’s priorities, as Georgia’s 2017 budget makes…
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New State Health Budget Traps 300K Georgians in Coverage Gap
+ Full Article: New State Health Budget Traps 300K Georgians in Coverage GapThe proposed 2017 budget for the Department of Community Health directs $2.5 billion from the state general fund to operate Georgia’s Medicaid and PeachCare programs, which are expected to cover more than 2 million Georgians next year. The budget adds money to pay for new enrollees and higher health care costs in 2017 but the…
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Overview: 2017 Budget for Department of Community Health
+ Full Article: Overview: 2017 Budget for Department of Community HealthThe proposed budget for the 2017 fiscal year starting July 1, 2016 directs $2.59 billion from the general fund to the Department of Community Health, excluding money for attached agencies. This is an increase of $157 million, or 6.5 percent, compared to the 2016 budget, though $46.5 million of that is due to the transfer…
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EITC Day 2016 Highlights
+ Full Article: EITC Day 2016 HighlightsThe Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a successful federal tax credit and powerful tool to support working families struggling to make ends meet. Georgia has a golden opportunity to strengthen working families, support small businesses and boost local economies with a state EITC. EITC Awareness Day was Friday, Jan. 29. In case you missed…
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Georgia’s Golden Opportunity to Strengthen Pro-Work Tax Credit
+ Full Article: Georgia’s Golden Opportunity to Strengthen Pro-Work Tax CreditThe federal Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC for short, is widely viewed as a triumph of sound public policy. Available to Americans since 1975 and expanded by presidents from both parties, the EITC provides an extra boost to families of modest means who are trying to work their way to the middle class. Many…
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Overview of Georgia’s 2017 Fiscal Year Budget
+ Full Article: Overview of Georgia’s 2017 Fiscal Year BudgetThe $23.7 billion state budget proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal for the 2017 fiscal year represents a high water mark for state spending in a single year. The governor proposes a $1.9 billion increase in total state spending compared to the 2016 budget, but only returns overall state spending to pre-recession levels measured on a…
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