Gov. Deal signs the tax revision bill into law, which will make changes to several areas of state and local taxation . . .
The legislative leadership rams through a very complicated bill in a very short period of time before anyone really has a chance to look at it; in other words, business as usual under the Gold Dome . . .
The tax revision plan passes the Senate unanimously and heads to the governor for his signature . . .
The tax revision bill is passed overwhelmingly by the House and Representatives and transmitted to the Senate . . .
Tax revision bill passes out of committee and heads to the House floor for consideration later today . . .
The House leadership plans to make a late-breaking effort to ram through a tax revision package . . .
The Georgia General Assembly gets ready to kick off another session that is expected to incorporate a lot of talk about serious issues, but considerably much less action . . .
It does not appear likely that the General Assembly will enact major tax law revisions in 2012 given that there are some differences of opinion among the House and Senate leadership . . .
Legislative leaders are poised to make another attempt to raise the state sales tax to pay for a reduction in the state income tax . . .
This tax policy expert says it would be better for the General Assembly to make a whole new start on revising Georgia’s tax structure . . .