Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Policy Areas Reports Highlights of the House’s FY 2011 Budget Proposal for the Dept. of Human Services April 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget proposal cuts the Department of Human Services budget by an additional $11.4 million over the governor’s January proposal. DHS now faces a $33 million cut in state General Funds for FY 2011 compared to this year’s enacted budget. This is a 6.1 percent cut on top of several […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Department of Human Services Economic Security FY 2011 Safety Net State Budget
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2010: The Impact of Revenue Bills Passed by the House April 2, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House of Reps passed bills to raise nearly $300 million in new revenues and improve tax collections. However, they continued to pass long-term tax cuts ($380 million a year) and to disregard other tax options, such as reassessing existing tax exemptions. Download the PDF. Read more » Adding Up the Fiscal Notes State Budget State Taxes tax cuts
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas Most Drastic Cuts Endanger Those Hurt By The Recession. March 26, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Governor Perdue recently ordered three percent more in cuts to the Department of Human Services (DHS), which is charged with protecting the most vulnerable Georgians, such as abused children and the elderly. Download the PDF. Read more » Department of Human Services Fact Sheet State Budget State Taxes
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 Georgia Has Many Revenue Options Other Than Deep Cuts March 3, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Georgia Has Many Revenue Options Available: Lawmakers should avoid harming Georgia’s economy more by slashing vital services and decimating state government. Download the PDF. Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Fact Sheet frevenue options State Budget
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas Spending Cuts Harm Georgia’s Economy More Than Targeted Tax Increases March 3, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Lawmakers should close the deficit and protect local economies by raising more revenues: “It is important not to crush state budgets by relying solely on spending cuts,” said Zandi of Moody’s Economy.com. Download the PDF. Read more » budget deficit Fact Sheet spending cuts State Budget State Taxes tax increases
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas Cutting Education Is NOT the Only Option February 24, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Education comprises more than 50 percent of state spending; therefore, if lawmakers refuse to add new revenues to the state budget, the likely consequences for years to come are: larger class sizes in K-12 schools, less school days for some K-12 schools, more adjunct faculty at colleges and universities instead of full-time faculty, cuts in […] Read more » Education Fact Sheet State Budget
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas Deep Cuts in the Frontline February 23, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The governor’s proposed state budget cuts for fiscal year 2011 total $116.5 million, or 18.2 percent, of the Department of Human Services’ (DHS) budget. Download the PDF. Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Department of Human Services Fact Sheet State Budget
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Last Chance for Policymakers to Fund Forest Land Protection Act Reimbursements February 22, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF The Amended Fiscal Year 2010 budget should contain the first state reimbursements to certain schools and counties for property tax exemptions provided in the Forest Land Protection Act of 2008. Without these funds, several rural school districts face another loss of revenue, beyond the cuts to formula funding experienced across districts. Read more » Forest Land Protection Act Reports State Budget
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas Why Revenues are Falling and What Georgia Can do About It February 12, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The state budget deficit is due to a lack of revenues. State revenue collections, as a percentage of personal income, have declined dramatically over the past 10 years. As Georgians’ incomes have increased, the amount the state collects has not kept pace.Without new revenues, Georgia is facing an additional $2.6 billion deficit in FY 2012, […] Read more » budget deficit Fact Sheet revenues State Budget
