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Sales tax goes up in Atlanta today to pay for MARTA
Tax increase will pay for MARTA expansion and road improvements. AJC FILE PHOTO
By Leon Stafford and Arielle Kass
Feb 28, 2017If you shop in Atlanta, get ready to dig deeper in your wallet.
Starting Wednesday, Atlanta’s sales tax will inch up to 8.5 percent. It will rise again April 1, to 8.9 percent. Taxes in the rest of Fulton County, outside of Atlanta, will also increase April 1, to 7.75 percent.
The increases are a result of three separate sales tax votes that passed last November.
The money will fund transportation projects across Fulton and Atlanta.
About the Authors
Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.
