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Wed., November 2, 2011 4:21pm
Dozens of Georgia counties next week will hold votes on whether to continue charging sales taxes for schools. The Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax or ESPLOST can only pay for new buildings or for paying off debt. Supporters of the tax in Savannah's Chatham County say, public schools need to have more up-to-date buildings if they want to attract private school students. Opponents, however, say new buildings have little to do with the education going on inside of them.
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Wed., August 10, 2011 4:01pm
Northwest Georgia and Atlanta regional officials are scheduled to propose their wish lists for a possible transportation tax Thursday. And with that, all of Georgia's twelve transportation regions will have wish lists ready to show voters. The lists detail how officials plan to spend a proposed penny sales tax for road and other projects.
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Mon., February 21, 2011 3:00am
When the Census numbers come out in April, Georgia cities won't just have federal and state tax dollars at stake. Some cities are concerned they might lose local dollars as well. That's because cities will have to renegotiate with counties for local option sales tax funds. And since those funds are generally split based on population, declining cities could lose yet another funding source.
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Tue., January 25, 2011 12:32pm
Georgia retailers are fighting to bring back the sales tax holiday this year. The lobbying effort comes despite state lawmakers’ reluctance, and the Tax Reform Council’s recommendation, to not bring it back.
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Wed., July 28, 2010 10:57am
Georgia back-to-school shoppers won't get any sales tax relief this year, but that's not stopping retailers from trying to entice them with ways to part with their cash. Without some kind of incentive to buy, retailers fear a dip in back-to-school sales. Some retailers are having the holiday anyway and paying the taxes themselves.
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Thu., March 18, 2010 2:04pm
Republican leaders at the state capital want to completely overhaul Georgia
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Wed., February 10, 2010 10:41am
It was another tough month for Georgia revenue collections. Governor Sonny
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