Georgia legislators have scrapped a proposal to fund school construction through voter -
approved local sales taxes after meeting resistance from municipal leaders who did not want to have to compete with school districts for funds.
Not exact matches
The House
tax bill just
approved would eliminate the deduction for individuals and families of state and
local income and
sales tax, while capping property
tax deductions at $ 10,000.
The project to beautify the arch grounds, redesign entrances and enlarge the underground visitor center drew such robust public support here that voters
approved a 2013
local ballot proposition to finance the restoration with $ 85 million in
sales tax revenue.
The Community Enhancement Fund, which was created and is supported by Measure H, a half - cent
local sales tax measure
approved by Rancho Cordova voters in November 2014, generates approximately $ 7.2 million annually in revenues for the city's general fund.
The Assembly last month
approved a two - year extension for mayoral control packaged with an extension of
sales tax and other
local tax provisions that impact upstate and suburban counties.
The Assembly last month
approved a bill that extended mayoral control for two years packaged with the extension of
sales and other
local taxes — many of which impact districts in upstate and suburban counties that are represented by Republicans in the Senate.
According to state Senate rules in order for an increase to be passed in a county
sales tax it must be
approved by the Senate Finance Committee, generally after being proposed by the senator of the
local district.
At the same time, the county governments need state lawmakers to extend
sales taxes and other
local tax issues, which had been packaged with a mayoral control bill
approved by the Democratic - led Assembly in May.
The Nevele developers say the project, if
approved, will generate hundreds of jobs, translating into about $ 100 million in
local spending, increased hotel occupancy
tax revenues, increased
sales tax revenues and 10 percent of gaming
tax revenues going to the town of Wawarsing, the village of Ellenville and Ulster County.
With breathtaking chutzpah, he takes credit for more cops on city streets, presumably because the legislature could finally
approve the hike in the city's
sales tax once Espada defected back to the Dems after paralyzing
local governments dependent on Albany actiion with his original flip to the GOP.
In November 2016, voters in Missouri
approved a ballot measure to ban the state or
local governments from expanding
sales taxes on services not already
taxed, effectively becoming the first state in the nation to prevent additional
sales taxes on real estate services.