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April 22, 2024 • Commentary

Georgia should seize the opportunity for deeper tax cuts

By Kyle Wingfield

Lawmakers continue to cut, albeit in a manner befitting the third word in the state’s motto: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation.

April 4, 2024 • Commentary

What happened with property tax reform this year?

By Chris Denson

This truly seemed like one of those legislative sessions when everything was aligned for meaningful property tax reform.

February 7, 2024 • Commentary

Prudent tax reforms are more than welcome

By Kyle Wingfield

Is there any relief in sight to growing property tax bills?

January 25, 2024 • Commentary

Will the Georgia legislature cap property tax increases?

By Chris Denson

Perhaps no public policy debate raises the ire of Georgians quite like property taxes.

January 10, 2024 • Blog

Braves departure from Mississippi was predictable

By Brett Kittredge

The Braves announced this week that the Double-A affiliate will be moving from Pearl, Mississippi to Columbus, Georgia.

January 10, 2024 • Blog

This “could” be a big legislative session

By Kyle Wingfield

While every session of the General Assembly – like every election – is billed as consequential, this time the hype could be right.

December 27, 2023 • Blog

11 biggest stories of 2023

By Brett Kittredge

As we prepare to welcome in a new year, here is a review of our most read and most shared stories of 2023.

December 6, 2023 • Commentary

Time to redraw our economic future

By Kyle Wingfield

States across the nation have been moving aggressively to position themselves as business-friendly through lower tax rates. Georgia needs to join them.

December 5, 2023 • Blog

‘Once in a lifetime’ opportunity

By Brett Kittredge

Georgia has a rare opportunity for significant tax reforms that will benefit all Georgians.

October 26, 2023 • Blog

11 spooky policy ideas to avoid

By Brett Kittredge

Here are 11 spooky policy ideas we should all run from like a man in a mask is chasing us.

September 20, 2023 • Commentary

It’s time for lasting, transformative changes

By Kyle Wingfield

Gov. Brian Kemp reinstated a suspension of the state’s motor fuel tax. But what should future actions look like?

September 7, 2023 • Blog

Why Georgia business owners must beware messages pitching a COVID-19 era tax credit

By Chris Butler

If you own a business in Georgia, then you’ve likely received messages promising thousands of dollars through something called the Employee Retention Credit.

August 24, 2023 • Blog

More Georgia’s cities and counties set property tax rates

By Chris Butler

The latest recap of millage rate discussions in Georgia.

August 17, 2023 • Blog

Some Georgians still have time to stop higher property taxes

By Chris Butler

From Walker county to Dougherty county and points in between, we have an update on the latest discussion and decisions on millage tax rates for the next year.

August 16, 2023 • Video

Property taxes are much more arbitrary than any other tax we pay

August 16, 2023 • Commentary

No other tax has a basis that someone else simply invents

By Kyle Wingfield

Few, if any taxes are reviled as much as the property tax. People feel their objections to it in their bones.

July 27, 2023 • Blog

Some Georgians brace for higher property taxes

By Chris Butler

Most Georgians will pay higher property taxes unless local governments adopt the “rollback rates” that keep taxes the same from the prior year.

July 19, 2023 • Commentary

What should lawmakers do with another budget surplus?

By Kyle Wingfield

Those who favor larger government spending are redoubling their calls to increase taxpayer-funded services, as if the good times will never end.

June 15, 2023 • Commentary

Georgia legislature begins review of state tax credits

By J. Thomas Perdue

The largest and most well-known of these programs is the film tax credit, costing the state nearly $900 million last year.

May 17, 2023 • Commentary

The separation of powers is working

By Kyle Wingfield

Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed nine items in the fiscal 2024 budget and ordered agencies to “disregard” another 134 legislative instructions about state spending.

May 10, 2023 • Commentary

Low tax states continue to attract new residents

By Kyle Wingfield

New residents to Georgia brought a net $1.28 billion increase in adjusted gross income last year.

April 27, 2023 • Blog

Certain Atlanta artists get massive government funding

By Chris Butler

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens recently announced that a select few of the city’s independent artists will receive a combined sum of $700,000 in taxpayer funding.

April 19, 2023 • Commentary

Is it a correction or a reckoning?

By Kyle Wingfield

March revenues declined by almost $83 million, or about 3%, compared to March 2022.

March 15, 2023 • Commentary

New tax reform on the horizon?

By Kyle Wingfield

There has been much talk about getting to a zero income tax to match neighboring Florida and Tennessee, or just lowering the rate to remain competitive.

February 22, 2023 • Commentary

Georgia’s cautious handling of unexpected budget windfall the right approach

By Kyle Wingfield

Failing to plan for revenues to come back to earth has bitten states like California, which spent heavily last year and now have a $20 billion budget shortfall.

January 24, 2023 • Blog

Georgia’s expensive rural broadband project

By Chris Butler

Feds insist government-funded broadband will transform Georgia’s rural and poor communities.

January 19, 2023 • Commentary

Georgia should reinforce its tax reform intentions

By Janelle Fritts

Georgia’s ability to reach the target 4.99% tax rate from last year's reform is limited by the bill’s tax trigger mechanism

December 27, 2022 • Commentary

Accelerate Georgia’s tax cuts

By Kyle Wingfield

Lawmakers have a lot of decisions to make around the state's $6 billion-plus surplus.

October 20, 2022 • Commentary

Facts-Based Principles and Practical Recommendations: Guide to the Issues 2022

By J. Thomas Perdue

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation is excited to announce the release of the latest edition of Guide to the Issues!

October 19, 2022 • Commentary

A Report Card for Governors’ Fiscal Policy

By Kyle Wingfield

See how Brian Kemp stacks up against his peers when it comes to taxes, spending and budgeting.