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
Alan Essig Blog Budget and Taxes Op-ed: So-called fix is a proven failure (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) February 22, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig | 2 Comments on Op-ed: So-called fix is a proven failure (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Plans to eliminate or drastically cut personal income taxes and replace them with other levies are in vogue in several states. Georgia policy makers would do well to ignore the siren’s call. Such a tax shift would do nothing to help the state’s economy. It would, in fact, hurt […] Read more » Alan Essig Atlanta Journal-Constitution Blog Op-Ed state income tax 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
