Author Budget and Taxes Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Senate Resolution 756 threatens to disrupt Georgia’s long-term finances February 26, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Senate Resolution 756 threatens to undermine Georgia’s ability to remain an attractive state for families and businesses. Passing the amendment creates a rigid formula in Georgia’s constitution that inflicts a series of never-ending automatic revenue cuts based on arbitrary targets. This formula is harmful to Georgia’s growth, especially if coupled with House Bill 238’s proposal to […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Income Tax State Budget State Taxes tax cuts Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News It’s an election year – tax-cut proposals advance in Georgia February 25, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin It’s an election year, and that means lawmakers probably can’t end the 2016 session without some kind of tax cut, or at least a last-minute debate on one. (Subscription) Read more. Read more » Budget & Taxes Income Tax Tax cut Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Let’s find a better way to fix taxes October 13, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin State lawmakers can seize a real opportunity to improve the lives of Georgia families if they take up the topic of comprehensive tax reform in the next legislative session. Read more. Read more » Budget & Taxes EITC Income Tax tax reform Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News GOP proposal would reduce income tax rate, but raise sales tax rate February 28, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Republican legislative leaders feel they have a surefire way to stimulate job creation: tax reform. Read more. Read more » Budget & Taxes Income Tax tax reform Wesley Tharpe
Author Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Oklahoma Tax Study Paints Misleading Picture July 30, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Earlier this month, an Atlanta-based Libertarian organization released a paper touting the deep and lasting income tax cuts that Oklahoma enacted in the mid-2000s. To reach a conclusion that the cuts have been beneficial, the report employs faulty methods and should not be used as a basis for policymaking in Georgia. The paper’s fundamental problems […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Income Tax state income tax State Taxes
Press Releases & Statements Report: Georgia Taxes Working-Poor Further Into Poverty April 4, 2012 / March 5, 2021 by GBPI Admin | 1 Comment on Report: Georgia Taxes Working-Poor Further Into Poverty FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA (April 4, 2012) – While most other states exempt working-poor families from the income tax, Georgia is one of a small number of states that continue to levy an income tax on working families living in poverty. By reducing state income taxes for working-poor families, Georgia could help these families work […] Read more » Alan Essig Budget & Taxes Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Earned Income Tax Credit Income Tax State Taxes working poor
Alan Essig Blog Guest Blogger: Matthew Gardner | Reality Check: “High Rate” Income Tax States are Outperforming No-Tax States February 16, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig | 2 Comments on Guest Blogger: Matthew Gardner | Reality Check: “High Rate” Income Tax States are Outperforming No-Tax States The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) recently released a report that destroys the myth that states without an income tax perform better economically than the states with high income tax rates. ITEP’s Executive Director Matthew Gardner is our guest blogger this week: Reality Check: “High Rate” Income Tax States are Outperforming No-Tax States […] Read more » Blog Budget & Taxes Guest Blogger Income Tax Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy ITEP Matthew Gardner
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Sensible Tax Change to State Income Tax Would Raise $450 Million March 11, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF Georgia is one of a few states that allows a deduction for state income taxes for filers who itemize. Repealing it would bring in an estimated $450 million, which in K-12 education alone, could have prevented the six furlough days and additional cuts to the education funding formula in the amended budget. Repealing […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Income Tax Report State Budget state income tax State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas Deep Cuts are NOT Georgia’s Only Option February 12, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Using a more balanced approach to budgeting would reduce the cuts, such as budgeting additional revenues through increasing the cigarette tax,enacting a new top income tax rate, improving tax collections, suspending or ending tax breaks, increasing fees, and closing corporate loopholes. Without new revenues, Georgia faces an additional $2.6 billion deficit in FY 2012, according […] Read more » Budget & Taxes budget deficit cigarette tax Fact Sheet Income Tax State Budget tax breaks
