Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Trends The $30.2 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for FY 2023, which started July 1, 2022, represents a return to pre-pandemic levels of spending across most areas of government, albeit with state government employing nearly 5,800 fewer full-time staff in FY 2021 than it did in 2019, down nearly 9 […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / September 6, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Introduction Georgia plans to spend $30.2 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2023 fiscal year. This budget largely reflects a restoration of previous COVID-era budget cuts and represented a unique opportunity to invest in state fiscal policies that advance racial equity and economic opportunity, and to help Georgia families from […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Overview of Georgia’s 2023 Fiscal Year Budget January 21, 2022 / January 21, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Powered by unprecedented federal support to mitigate the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Kemp’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget presents a sharp reversal from the deep budget cuts implemented during FY 2021-22. It includes an 11 percent spike in per-capita state spending that will add approximately $3 billion in funding […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Reimagining Revenue: How Georgia’s Tax Code Contributes to Racial and Economic Inequality October 6, 2021 / October 8, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD You can download the Reimagining Revenue fact sheet here. Executive Summary From the 18th century to the present day, state taxation policies have regularly contributed to worsening income inequality, with the bulk of tax and revenue measures enacted from the Great Recession of 2009 to the present day (2021) also primarily benefitting wealthy […] Read more » Budget & Taxes racial equity State Taxes wealth gap
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 29, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Introduction Georgia plans to spend $27.3 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2022 fiscal year. The budget maintains nearly $850 million in cuts from FY 2020 levels, a reduction equivalent to cutting approximately 4 percent of General Funds from the budget. Although lawmakers restored about half of the previous year’s […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 29, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Trends The $27.3 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for FY 2022, which started July 1, 2021, represents an $849 million decrease in state spending from the state’s 2020 budget that was enacted two years prior—that is, compared to pre-pandemic levels—without adjusting for changes in population and inflation. The FY 2022 […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Overview of Georgia’s 2022 Fiscal Year Budget January 21, 2021 / October 13, 2026 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Download PDF Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has plunged Georgia’s economy into recession and driven many of the state’s thinly staffed agencies to the brink, Gov. Brian P. Kemp’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 maintains $697 million in cuts to education, $283 million in cuts to health agencies and largely preserves […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Blog Budget and Taxes People Powered Prosperity New Poll Shows Georgians Support People-First Policies October 5, 2020 / January 29, 2021 by Alex Welch GBPI launched People-Powered Prosperity (PPP) in 2018 with a foundational research report that laid out policies Georgia lawmakers could implement to help everyone across the state thrive, as well as how the state could responsibly pay for programs and services that fully support Georgians. The report focused on four key concepts: educated youth, a strong […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes health Higher Education K-12 People-Powered Prosperity tax breaks
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Basics Georgia’s 2021 fiscal year runs July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. The total budget available to the state is $48.2 billion. That includes $25.9 billion in state funding, $15.1 billion in federal funding and $7.1 billion in agency funds. Prior to the Great Recession, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, the state of […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Primer State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD The $25.9 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp for the 2021 fiscal year starting July 1, 2020, represents a $2.2 billion overall decrease in state spending from last year. To implement the cuts, most state agencies will receive about 10 percent less funding. FY 2021’s budget also relies on $250 million […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Budget Primer State Budget
