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News Articles: TAX CREDIT

Georgia House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Shaw Blackmon, R-Bonaire, center left, talks to a staffer on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, at the Capitol in Atlanta. The committee passed bills to give taxpayers another $1 billion in income tax breaks and to ratify Gov. Brian Kemp's fuel tax suspension.

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Georgia bills advance on Kemp income tax and gas tax breaks

Two more pieces of Gov. Brian Kemp's tax cut agenda are advancing in the state House.

February 16, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs a bill to give state income refunds of more than $1.1 billion on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at the Georgia capitol in Atlanta. The measure gives refunds of $250 to $500 to people who filed tax returns for 2020 and 2021.

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Kemp and lawmakers to decide plan for $6.6B in surplus cash

Georgia's state government ended the 2022 budget year in June with $6.6 billion in surplus cash. Gov. Brian Kemp has plans to spend more than $3 billion through a combination of one-time tax givebacks.

January 05, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Gov. Brian Kemp speaks about inflation and legislative priorities at the Georgia State Capitol on Dec. 8, 2022

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Mental health reporting requirements among new Georgia laws

New laws taking effect Sunday include reporting requirements for how health insurers pay for mental health care, new ways for parents to challenge materials used in schools and a tax credit for donating to police. Most Georgia laws take effect on July 1, but the General Assembly delayed some laws until Jan. 1.

December 30, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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Audit finds state’s video game tax credit a worthwhile investment

Georgia’s tax credit for video game developers is paying off for the state’s economy, according to an audit released this week.

December 23, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
In this Nov. 15, 2020, file photo Raphael Warnock, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks during a campaign rally in Marietta, Ga. As the head of the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock has not shied away from impassioned sermons and forceful advocacy on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged. The 51-year-old now wants to take that progressive platform to the U.S. Senate. He is running to unseat one of Georgia's Republican senators, Kelly L

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U.S. Sen. Warnock: Electric car tax credit needs 'flexibility'

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is urging the U.S. Treasury secretary to use "flexibility" in defining how automakers and consumers qualify for a revised tax credit for Americans buying electric vehicles.

September 23, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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Georgia lawmakers expected to consider boosting music industry tax credits

Georgia’s film industry took off after the General Assembly significantly strengthened the state income tax credit for movie and TV productions in 2008. Now the music business is looking for similar treatment.

September 12, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
Electric vehicles are displayed at a news conference with White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2021. The Biden administration's climate and health care bill passed by Congress last week revamps a tax credit for buyers of electric cars.

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You can get a $7,500 tax credit to buy an electric car, but it's really complicated

The Biden administration's climate and health care bill revamps the available tax credits for buyers of electric cars. Here's what to know about how they work.

August 22, 2022
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  • Arezou Rezvani
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Review finds Georgia film tax credit has improved oversight

The General Assembly passed legislation two years ago requiring all film productions located in Georgia to undergo mandatory audits by the state Department of Revenue or third-party auditors selected by the agency.

July 25, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
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State awards teacher tax credits in hopes of recruiting more educators

Each teacher selected for the program will receive a $3,000 credit on their state income taxes each year for five consecutive school years.

June 23, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
Land in Cherokee County

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Sporting goods tax program stirs debate over conservation priorities

This year’s crop of selected grantees under the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship program adds up to just over $28 million in state funds headed to 15 projects around the state, but the list has some conservationists questioning whether voters are really getting what they overwhelmingly backed at the ballot box four years ago.

April 14, 2022
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  • Ross Williams

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A proposed Georgia work credit would help low-income families afford child care, basic necessities

House Bill 510 would create a state earned income tax credit and help moderate- and lower-income Georgians who often have to choose between working and caring for their families. 

March 03, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
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Georgia Senate committee endorses tax breaks for local police donations

Georgia senators are expected to vote soon on a bill endorsed by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan that would create a $100 million tax credit program to support police and other law enforcement agencies.

February 03, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
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Some Georgia Tax Credit Scholarships Go To Anti-LGBTQ Schools

Since 2008, more than a half billion dollars has been diverted from state tax coffers to private schools through a tax credit program designed by lawmakers to promote school choice.

Unlike many other states with similar programs, Georgia does little to regulate the performance or practices of schools that receive tax-credit scholarships. Moreover, the schools are free from many of the restrictions imposed on public schools to prevent them from excluding gay and trans students, The Current has found.

December 04, 2020
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  • Samantha Sunne and
  • Donnell Suggs
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Georgia Scholarship Tax Credit Program: $600M Credit With Little Oversight

 In 2008 the Georgia Legislature created a program for taxpayers to fund private school scholarships, promising the measure would pressure low-performing public schools to improve, reduce local and state taxes and help lower-income children stuck in bad public schools.

    Since then, more than $600 million has been shifted from state coffers to elementary and high school scholarships at private schools around the state – including more than 40 in the Savannah area.

September 28, 2020
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  • Donnell Suggs and
  • Samantha Sunne
In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Geoff Duncan, Republican candidate for Georgia lieutenant governor, arrives at an election-night watch party in Athens, Ga.

Report Raises Concerns About Georgia Hospital Tax Credit

A new report is raising concerns about a Georgia program that provides tax credits for donations to rural hospitals in the state that are struggling...

December 15, 2019
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  • Associated Press

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