Budget and Taxes Featured Reports Wesley Tharpe A Bottom-Up Tax Cut to Build Georgia’s Middle Class August 12, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe The Case for a State Earned Income Tax Credit Building a better Georgia, with a strong economy and vibrant businesses, requires a more resilient middle class and more opportunities for working families to climb the economic ladder. One of the best tools to help ensure that Georgians broadly share in that prosperity is a state-level […] Read more » EITC State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News 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. Read more » tax breaks Tax Holiday Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News 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. Read more » tax breaks Tax Holiday Wesley Tharpe
Blog Wesley Tharpe Time to Retire Georgia’s Sales Tax Holidays July 30, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 1 Comment on Time to Retire Georgia’s Sales Tax Holidays This weekend marks the return of that semi-annual Georgia tradition, the two-day sales tax holiday, this one for back-to-school supplies. But when state legislators return to work in January 2016, they can seize the chance to bring the misguided tradition to an end. Experts from across the ideological spectrum agree that sales tax holidays provide […] Read more » sales tax holiday State Budget State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Blog Wesley Tharpe Pro-Work Tax Credits Give Georgia Fathers a Hand June 19, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Countless Georgians will celebrate the role that fathers play in their families this Sunday, on Father’s Day. They’ll reflect on all the hard-work, sacrifice, trials, tribulations and joy found along the path to successful fatherhood. It’s highly unlikely many families will talk much about their tax bills, but given something that’s going on in Congress […] Read more » Economic Security EITC Safety Net State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Blog Wesley Tharpe Tax Policy a Quality of Life Topic in 2015 and Beyond May 20, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Taxes are nobody’s favorite expense. Most people view them as simply a nuisance bill to pay or as an added cost on a major purchase. Average Georgians rarely give state tax policy a second thought, especially compared to critical challenges like education and health care. But few issues matter more to the pocketbooks of Georgia […] Read more » Governor Deal State Budget State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Blog Wesley Tharpe Georgia Moms Earn It May 7, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Working moms are the bedrock of so many Georgia families. Between raising kids, contributing to their communities and holding down one or more jobs, moms put in a lot more than a full day’s work. That’s one of the many reasons we’ll especially celebrate them this Sunday, on Mother’s Day. It’s also why the federal […] Read more » Economic Security Safety Net State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Low Pay Holds Georgia Back April 29, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 3 Comments on Low Pay Holds Georgia Back As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution April 29, 2015 Kills jobs. Bad for business. Hurts the economy. Minimum wage detractors have pushed those arguments for decades and they’re common parlance among some legislators and lobbyists. But those claims are no truer than they were 50 years ago and ignore the economic potential higher wages could […] Read more » Atlanta Journal-Constitution Economic Security Op-Ed Safety Net Wesley Tharpe
Blog Wesley Tharpe Transportation Reforms, Questionable Tax Breaks Drive This Year’s Tax Agenda April 17, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe A package of measures designed to boost funding for Georgia’s ailing transportation network is the biggest tax item to pass this year’s General Assembly, but lawmakers also approved several other tax bills that in some cases carry sizable revenue costs. Legislators gave their approval to 10 tax bills besides the transportation package, House Bill 170. […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Blog Wesley Tharpe Transportation Reforms, Questionable Tax Breaks Drive This Year’s Tax Agenda April 17, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe A package of measures designed to boost funding for Georgia’s ailing transportation network is the biggest tax item to pass this year’s General Assembly, but lawmakers also approved several other tax bills that in some cases carry sizable revenue costs. Legislators gave their approval to 10 tax bills besides the transportation package, House Bill 170. […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
