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DEL.ICIO.US174 services on Richardson’s sales tax list; See if your business is one of them
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
House Speaker Glenn Richardson went before a House Ways and Means subcommittee on Thursday to give a three-hour defense of his plan to shift the state away from property taxes, beginning with the ones that pay for schools.
It’s no longer called “the GREAT plan,” by the way. The acronym has been dropped, and the new proper name is the Property Tax Reform Amendment, or H.B. 979.
Changes have been made to the bill that aren’t yet reflected online. We’re happy to be the first to bring you a list contained in the legislation — which could still change, obviously — of 174 different services that would be required to charge a sales tax, to replace the revenue generated by school property taxes.
Click here to see if you’re on it.
The list is 10 pages long — pardon the crude formatting. We had no neat way of converting the bill’s legal pages to the dictates of an 8-by-10-inch copier.
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By CVD
February 14, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this
This is the Georgia Dept of Revenue Employment Act of 2008. Imagine the additional record keeping that will be required of biz folks who currently don’t have to collect sales taxes. Here’s an idea… cut govt programs.
By OneForTheRoad
February 14, 2008 8:39 PM | Link to this
How about starting with something a little more straight forward — try applying SPLOST dollars toward reducing property taxes by making it a law. It’s really a much simpler task — go on and try it. Try it Mr. Richardson. Go on. I dare you. Do it. Just do it.
By Alice
February 14, 2008 11:41 PM | Link to this
This proposal would be virtually impossible to implement. The costs and hassles involved for both providers of these services and those who utilize them would be staggering. Perhaps accountants (although they too would be subject to having to collect sales tax) might benefit, but no one else would. And yes, I own a house.
By Karen
February 15, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this
If that passes, it’s the death of the $22 billion a year tourism industry in Georgia.
By taxpayer
February 15, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
Thank you Speaker Richardson for opening up the debate on taxes in Georgia we need to reduce taxes and home owners should not carry the burden of the state.
By taxpayer
February 15, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this
Thank you Speaker Richardson for opening up the debate on taxes in Georgia we need to reduce taxes and home owners should not carry the burden of the state.
By GCM
February 15, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
What! No doctors, health care providers or hospitals on the list. Oh my, politics as usual. I guess they can’t afford to pay the tax after their hefty donations to their republican minions.
By Allen
February 16, 2008 7:55 AM | Link to this
So the Speaker wants me to pay a tax on going to see my son play baseball or ride a horse in a local horse show? Dang, why not tax friendship, that way Glenn Richarson won’t have to pay anything if this passes.
By Allen
February 16, 2008 7:57 AM | Link to this
P.S. to GCM health care folks usually give to the donkeys