Georgia’s tax take continues to improve
State tax collections were up 6.8 percent in March, a modest increase when compared to much of fiscal 2016.
Collections for the first nine months of the fiscal year are up 10.3 percent, or about $1.4 billion.
More than a third of that gain has come from the increase in fuel taxes and new hotel taxes approved by state lawmakers last year.
Without the extra fuel taxes in March, revenue increased only 2.2 percent over March 2015.
Gross sales taxes were up 2.5 percent in March, while income tax collections climbed 12.3 percent.
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James Salzer has covered state government and politics in Georgia since 1990. He previously covered politics and government in Texas and Florida. He specializes in government finance, budgets, taxes, campaign finance, ethics and legislative history
