Tag Archives: Georgia Budget & Policy Institute

Is Georgia getting its money’s worth from tax breaks?

By Tom Crawford | Published: December 16, 2011

Fiscal analyst Alan Essig calls for some accountability from corporations that get tax breaks from the General Assembly . . .

Political Notes – Senator will try to fix disclosure loophole

By Tom Crawford | Published: April 8, 2011

A freshman senator thinks a loophole in the state’s campaign finance laws can be fixed during the final three days of the session; GBPI runs the numbers on the latest version of the tax revision bill . . .

Tags: Common Cause , disclosure act , Georgia Budget & Policy Institute , Josh McKoon , Sonny Perdue , tax revision , William Perry

Revenue numbers were good – but not that good

By Tom Crawford | Published: September 9, 2010

Georgia’s revenues have increase somewhat during the first two months of the current fiscal year — but not as impressively as revenue department reports would have you believe . . .

Tags: Alan Essig , Georgia Budget & Policy Institute , Sonny Perdue , state revenue growth