State Senate to consider eliminating Georgia income tax

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Georgia Sen. Blake Tillery calls for the elimination of the state income tax at the state Capitol on July 24, 2025.

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A state Senate committee considering how to eliminate the tax will hold its first meeting later this summer. 

Sen. Blake Tillery, who will chair the committee, said changes will not happen overnight. 

“You've seen us move in the direction over the past three years," he said. "I think that this is the year, though, that we show that we are going to go to zero. It's not a debate anymore about if we go to zero. The question now is how we go to zero." 

The state's income tax rate for 2025 is 5.19%. Critics of eliminating the tax say it will force the state to raise sales or property tax to make up for lost revenue, but Tillery says the committee will look to other states to figure out how to pay for the change. 

Legislation to get rid of the income tax would have to pass both chambers and be signed into law by the governor.