Georgia

Delta, Guns, And Economic Development Tax Breaks

Delta Airlines announces it is cancelling its affinity program with the National Rifle Association. In retaliation, Georgia’s lieutenant governor says he’ll try to kill a...

March 1, 2018Howard Gleckman

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

While Washington’s Efforts to Fund Roads Go Nowhere, Red States Are Raising Gas Taxes

In about six weeks, federal money to keep the Highway Trust Fund going will once again dry up and Congress will begin its predictable scramble to keep cash flowing to roads, bridges, and transit projects. The reason for the gridlock: Neither Congress nor President Obama is willing to back a gas tax

June 10, 2015Howard Gleckman

: TaxVox

Maybe Tax Increases Will Be Easier with a Little Southern Charm

Alabama’s GOP Governor wants higher taxes on car and cigarette sales. Robert Bentley released details on how he’d close the state’s $700 million budget shortfall. And $587 million would come from new revenues. He’d raise an estimated $200 million by doubling the state sales tax on automobiles from

March 2, 2015Renu Zaretsky