Budget and Taxes Reports Wesley Tharpe Lawmakers Might Come to Regret Georgia’s Risky Tax Plan February 22, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 1 Comment on Lawmakers Might Come to Regret Georgia’s Risky Tax Plan Bill Analysis: House Bill 918 Substitute (LC 34 5383-ECS); Feb. 22, 2018 Georgia leaders are now rushing a massive tax package through the state’s General Assembly with limited debate and without a clear tally of the plan’s true cost. Gov. Nathan Deal and legislative leaders introduced a revised tax package Feb. 20, 2018, designed to […] Read more » Budget & Taxes general-assembly Gov. Nathan Deal HB 918 Income Tax State Budget State Taxes tax cuts taxes
Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Governor’s Tax Plan Carries $1 Billion Price February 14, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 1 Comment on Governor’s Tax Plan Carries $1 Billion Price – GBPI press statement issued Feb. 20 in response to governor’s revised tax cut plan introduced earlier that day: “Gov. Nathan Deal’s rushed tax cut plan is worrisome because slashing the income tax rate holds the potential for unintended consequences. Nobody knows what the effect of December’s federal tax cuts will be on Georgia next year […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes general-assembly Gov. Nathan Deal HB 918 revenues State Budget State Taxes
Claire Suggs K-12 Education Reports Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education February 5, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Claire Suggs Gov. Nathan Deal’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 provides nearly $9.8 billion to educate Georgia’s 1.7 million public school students, a boost of nearly $353 million over current funding. Most of the increase goes to student enrollment growth, routine adjustments in teachers’ salaries, and the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia. Districts will continue to […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education Georgia Department of Education K-12 State Budget teachers Teachers Retirement System of Georgia
Blog Budget and Taxes Taifa Smith Butler Georgia’s Revenue Increase Trails Needs of Growing Population August 10, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler For most Georgians July 1, 2017 was just another steamy summer day in the south. For state lawmakers and agency leaders, it marked the beginning of a new year, the annual restart of operating plans to track budget expenses against carefully prepared plans. Meanwhile, department heads close the books on the state’s 2017 fiscal year […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes State Budget State Taxes tax breaks
Budget and Taxes Reports Wesley Tharpe Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2018 July 12, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Budget Basics Georgia’s 2018 fiscal year runs July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 and the total budget available to the state is $45.2 billion. That includes $25 billion in state funding, $13.9 billion in federal funding and $6.4 billion in other funds. The state budget outlines Georgia’s priorities, how it plans to spend money […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes economy Income Tax State Budget tax breaks
GBPI In The News ‘Walking Dead’ demonstrates impact of film industry June 13, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin SENOIA – Not much can be seen from outside the rusted steel curtain that walls off the fictional town of Alexandria. But that didn’t matter to Jenny Williams, who traveled from Dade City, near Tampa, with her husband Ronnie to visit this small town about an hour south of Atlanta. Read the full article on The […] Read more » State Budget tax breaks Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Proposed ‘education savings account’ will be costly for taxpayers and benefit affluent city dwellers February 23, 2017 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia taxpayers could soon be funding private schools to the tune of nearly $1 billion a year or more, disproportionately benefiting well-off families in urban areas. An “education savings account” program would cost only about $39 million in its first year, but would balloon to an estimated $710 million in its third year, according to […] Read more » Claire Suggs K-12 State Budget
GBPI In The News Ga. plans boost to foster care funds February 10, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia’s 2018 budget could be ready for a House vote as early as next week. The human resources budget funds programs for children, the elderly and others with special needs. Foster care accounts for the largest part, according to a report by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. Read the full article on Rome News-Tribune. Read more » Department of Human Services foster-care State Budget
Blog Budget and Taxes Taifa Smith Butler State Revenue Gain Offers Possibilities June 10, 2016 / January 16, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler As we near the close of the 2016 fiscal year, we can breathe a sigh of relief. The bad days of the Great Recession are distant in the rear view mirror as revenue growth remained strong all year long. Georgia collected 9.9 percent more through the first 11 months of the current fiscal year than […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes
Blog Budget and Taxes Featured Timothy Sweeney More Needed for Schools, Health Care After $23.7B Budget Kicks in July 1 May 10, 2016 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Gov. Nathan Deal just signed the state’s budget for the 2017 fiscal year that kicks in this July and once again we heard that the $23.7 billion spending plan represents a “record budget.” While the recently signed budget promises to move the state forward in many ways, it is important to remember that Georgia is […] Read more » FY2017 State Budget
