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
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe This Year’s Flurry of Tax Breaks Highlights Need for Better Process May 19, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia is falling behind the majority of states including several of its Southeast neighbors when it comes to making sure tax breaks deliver taxpayers a good return on investment. Twenty-seven states plus the District of Columbia now maintain policies that subject business tax breaks and other economic development subsidies to some sort of objective review […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Governor Deal State Taxes tax breaks Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Film tax credits focus on rural Georgia April 29, 2017 / March 15, 2021 by GBPI Admin State lawmakers want to send more film work to the rural corners of the state. A measure expanding tax credits for the film industry sweetens a new perk for post-production work, awarding an additional tax break for work done in the state’s poorer and less developed counties. Gov. Nathan Deal signed the bill into law […] Read more » State Taxes tax breaks
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Tax Break Scheme Aimed at Rural Jobs Offers Georgia a Poor Return on Investment April 18, 2017 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Among the bills now awaiting signature or veto by Gov. Nathan Deal is a complicated new tax break that promises a windfall to some well-connected financial firms and little to no benefit to rural communities it promises to help. Senate Bill 133, called the Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act, narrowly passed the state Senate […] Read more » CAPCO tax breaks
Budget and Taxes Reports Wesley Tharpe Legislators Approve Isolated Tax Breaks, Defer Broad Tax Changes April 12, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Sine Die 2017 Gov. Nathan Deal is set to consider a grab bag of tax revisions approved by state legislators before the end of the 2017 legislative session. At least 10 tax bills with potential to reduce state revenues cleared both the House and Senate and now await action by […] Read more » Income Tax revenue tax breaks
GBPI In The News In Search of Rural Jobs, States Weigh Strategy With Checkered Past March 30, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin In rural communities across the country, jobs are disappearing and people are moving away, driving a desperation that helped elect Donald Trump president. But as state lawmakers look for ways to bring life to these long-struggling areas, many are falling prey to a complex economic development approach, pushed hard by investment firms that stand to […] Read more » Rural jobs tax breaks Wesley Tharpe
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Wesley Tharpe Five Ways to Deliver Georgians a Win on Tax Reform March 28, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia House and Senate members are set to consider the final version of House Bill 329, a multipart income tax package that could spell big changes for families, businesses and the state’s finances. Below are five core policy points to inform discussions in the 2017 Legislature’s closing days over what makes the cut and what […] Read more » Income Tax tax breaks
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Reshuffling Income Tax Rates is a Faulty Economic Formula March 21, 2017 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe State legislators are considering a package of income tax changes in the final days of the 2017 session that could lead to major changes for families, businesses and the state’s financial health. The headline-grabbing core of House Bill 329 is to swap Georgia’s longstanding graduated tax structure with rates ranging from 1 to 6 percent […] Read more » Income Tax tax breaks
