“A new study from the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy (ITEP) analyzes the tax structures of all 50 states and finds that Georgia’s richest contribute a much smaller share…
Georgia continues to wrestle with the fallout of relying on a revenue system that can’t raise enough money to meet the needs of a modern, growing state. Hospitals are closing,…
The debate over changing Georgia’s tax system is quieter than usual at the Georgia General Assembly this year. Still, some efforts are afoot to push Georgia in a radical tax…
Despite support from powerful out-of-state interests, tax shift plans are misguided roadmaps for change. Georgia’s lawmakers should ignore the siren’s call and firmly reject the fringe, copycat idea during its…
Georgia would gain nearly $100 million in state and local tax revenue each year if Congress allows undocumented immigrants now living in the United States to work here legally, according…
(Original Post) published Sunday, May 5th, 2013 by Tim Omarzu A group of Republican lawmakers in Atlanta wants to do away with Georgia’s 6 percent income tax and replace it…
(Original Post) Posted: 6:02 p.m. Sunday, March 17, 2013 By Jay Bookman The Atlanta Journal-Constitution If you want to pay higher taxes, state Sen. David Shafer, the Senate president pro…
7:54 am March 15, 2013, by Jay If you want to pay higher taxes, state Sen. David Shafer, the Senate president pro tem from Gwinnett County, has just the plan…
Georgia is one of the most under-funded states in the country, but state lawmakers can remedy structural budget shortfalls by implementing revenue options used successfully by other states. Annual deep…
Capital gains tax preferences are costly, inequitable, and ineffective. They deprive states of millions of dollars in needed funds, benefit almost exclusively the very wealthiest members of society, and fail…
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…
The recommendations in this report contain tax reform options that stress a workable combination of raising enough money to meet Georgia’s needs, updating the tax system to reflect today’s economy,…
All exemptions, credits, and deductions should be examined and weighed against each other and against the principles of tax reform. The grocery exemption, in particular, increases equity and should be…
The Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians provided recommendations that make improvements to structural issues plaguing Georgia’s tax system. The Tax Council took strong action to broaden…
The Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians provided recommendations that make improvements to structural issues plaguing Georgia’s tax system. The Tax Council took strong action to broaden…
(PDF of Original Post) Sunday, April 26, 2009 To understand the skewed priorities of our state Legislature, imagine that you come home to discover that your house is ablaze. Do…
(PDF of Original Post) By BLAKE AUED | [email protected] | Story updated at 10:45 pm on 6/21/2009 Low-income Athens homeowners would get a tax break under a proposal Athens-Clarke commissioners…
(PDF of Original Post) Jay Bookman (http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog) 6:45 am January 19, 2010, by Jay Last year, with the economy collapsing and state tax revenue already in free fall, Georgia legislators…
(PDF of Original Post) Sunday, March 7, 2010By Ashley Speagle, Correspondent ATLANTA — Budget and policy experts say Georgia may face a $3 billion budget hole in fiscal 2012 if…
(PDF of Original Post) May 25, 2010 Pending legislation could drain much needed revenue and hurt lowincomefamilies. By Patrick Rodgers Included amongst the stack of bills passed by the Georgia…
(PDF of Original Post) Candidates says break would pay for itself; experts disagree By Jeremy Redmon The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Democratic candidate for governor Roy…
(PDF of Original Post) By Sarah Beth Gehl 8:33 p.m. Friday, January 28, 2011 The Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness took a swing at fixing Georgia’s outdated tax…
(PDF of Original Post) Published Wednesday, February 02, 2011 The Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness, created last year by the state legislature, took a swing at fixing Georgia’s…
Plans to eliminate or drastically cut income taxes and replace them with other levies are in vogue in several states. But Georgia policymakers would do well to ignore the siren’s…
In the 2010 legislative session, Georgia lawmakers have ratified, or are poised to ratify, a set of tax changes which would dramatically reshape the fairness of the state’s tax system.…
Earlier this week, the tax writing committee in the Georgia House of Representatives quietly approved a bill, HB 1219, that would increase Georgia taxes by about $20 million a year…
On Friday, April 3, the Georgia General Assembly passed a budget for fiscal year 2010 that includes a major new tax cut (an exclusion for long-term capital gains income) and…
