What Lies Ahead for the Georgia Legislature for 2010?
What Lies Ahead for the Georgia State Legislature in 2010? Sales Tax Collection – Senator Chip Rogers (left) evidently still wants to look at reforming sales tax collections by privatizing sales tax collections and allowing local governments to audit businesses instead of the state. He is looking at creating a clearinghouse where local governments would partner and retailers to submit one set of paperwork to satisfy all these jurisdictions. Property Taxes – Senator Rogers also sees property tax reform as a priority, along with strengthening of rules requiring that foreclosures be used when figuring a taxable value, a requirement that a property’s sale price would be the taxable value for at least the first year and a requirement capping annual value increases by some percentage. Budget Woes – New Senator Buddy Carter (right) sees the budget as a real challenge since Georgia is facing its worst budget shortfall in its history. After making over $3 billion in cuts that were difficult at
