Georgia committee on eliminating state income tax will meet again

(The Center Square) – The Georgia Senate Study Committee to Eliminate Georgia’s Income Tax will likely meet one more time before the legislative session, a Senate spokesperson said.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones established the committee in July. It was scheduled for abolishment on Dec. 15, but was extended, the spokesperson told The Center Square.

The committee has not met since Nov. 17 or specified how the state could make up $16 billion in revenue that the state income tax provides. Jones said in a commentary published Dec. 9 that property taxes could be part of the plan.

“We need a dual approach that phases out the income tax while enacting reforms that control property tax growth and bring much needed transparency,” Jones said in the commentary. “School boards and counties shouldn’t get a free ride on rising home values and should be transparent and responsible when ...