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Georgia back-to-school tax holiday kicks off

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Georgia back-to-school tax holiday kicks off

July 31, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin

Georgia’s statewide back-to-schoolᅠsales tax holidayᅠkicked off Friday and over the course of the two-day period, state officials said, shoppers were expected to save tens of millions of dollars. Read more.

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Report calls for end to popular back-to-school tax holiday

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Report calls for end to popular back-to-school tax holiday

July 31, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin

There are politically unpopular stands, and then there’s a call to end the back-to-school sales-tax holiday going on right now. Read more.

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Sales Tax Holidays Are a Bum Deal for Georgians

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Sales Tax Holidays Are a Bum Deal for Georgians

August 8, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 2 Comments on Sales Tax Holidays Are a Bum Deal for Georgians

Posted by Wesley Tharpe The thousands of Georgians who will head to shopping centers this weekend for the two-day sales tax holiday on back-to-school items will be getting much less than they bargained for. Despite all the media coverage of excited families stocking-up and elected officials patting themselves on the back for the politically popular […]

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