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Six essential qualities that
are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy,
wisdom, charity. - William Menninger
Issue: Taxes
Be wary of strong drink. It can
make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. - Robert Heinlein
...For starters, the original children’s health care program,
which expires in September, cost federal taxpayers about $40 billion over 10
years. The House Democrats hope to spend almost $130 million federal dollars
in that amount of time. That’s a staggering increase...
More
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
FC BOE to Hold Three Public
Hearings Regarding Millage Rates
The School Board has set three (3) meetings regarding millage rates. The dates
are July 26, 12 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and Aug. 2, 8:15 a.m. with the vote to
follow. Please read Peachtree City Millage Rate
The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are
taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. -
Paula Poundstone
Fayette County
FairTax Supporters Travel to South Carolina
A contingency of Fayette County FairTax supporters got up at
the crack of dawn to travel to Columbia, South Carolina to have
lunch with potential (probable) presidential candidate, Fred
Thompson....
I
contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like
a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
- Winston Churchill
Additional 5% Use Money to Avoid Foreclosure or
Bankruptcy 7/26/08 (3:49 p.m.) A survey of
3,004 persons across the United States who receive financial counseling
from a national nonprofit agency found that 29.4% used funds from their tax
stimulus check to pay for everyday expenses, such as food and gasoline,
while 20% said they paid down their credit...
More
6/11/08 (10:15 p.m.) SBA has created an online tax
savings resource center to help small businesses understand how they can
benefit from the 2008 economic stimulus package signed into law by
President Bush... More
4/15/08 (Blogpost) U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland marked
Tax Day by reiterating his support for abolishing the Internal
Revenue Service as he accepted a petition in support of the Fair
Tax. The petition had 103,000 signatures that were presented by
Americans for Fair Taxation and the National Taxpayers Union...
More
3/13/08 (Blogpost) U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.,
today expressed disappointment with the Senate’s failure to approve an
amendment to the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Resolution that would have
reformed the Death Tax. Specifically, the amendment would have...
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3/11/08 (Blogpost) The Clayton State University Accounting Club’s Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program will be providing free volunteer tax
preparation assistance on Saturday, Mar. 15 and Saturday, Mar. 29. Each
session will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Clayton State University
School of Business’ Conference Room in the University’s Administration...
More
2/10/08 (5:49 p.m.) Fayette County FairTax
supporters traveled to Gwinnett for a Rally just prior to the Feb. 5th
Presidential Primary.
More photo
Politics: Fayette County, Georgia and Beyond:
The Tax Hike Cometh... Oops, goofed, the tax hike has already
cometh…
However, if you think the County’s tax increase this year is something, wait
until the County Commission votes to implement defined benefits for county
employees!...
More
GA State Rep. John Lunsford:
A GREAT Plan for Georgia: The
Elimination of All Property Taxes
8/27/07
The time has come to eliminate all
property taxes in Georgia, and I firmly believe the people of the state of
Georgia should be given an opportunity to vote on a constitutional
amendment to repeal all property taxes. That opportunity could come in
November of 2008 if the General Assembly will agree that Georgia’s economy
should be based on the exchange and receipt of money and not taxing
property... More
Tax Reform: A
Reality Check Georgia Budget and Policy Institute to Tour Georgia to Help Citizens
Learn About Tax Reform and Modernization 8/2/07 This fall, GBPI will host a series of
meetings throughout Georgia. 'Tax Reform: A Reality Check' is designed to
educate the public about proposals being discussed by state legislators that
would make major changes to the state’s tax system...
More
The
only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin. - Mark Twain
Peachtree City Millage Rate
7/21/07 Peachtree City has called
three special meetings to discuss millage rates (see below). Most of us don't
truly understand how millage rates work and many will just glance at the notices
and move on. However, when the tax bills arrive most will take notice.
More
Governor Announces
Sales Tax Holiday
7/20/07 Georgia shoppers will get an opportunity to purchase
certain clothing items, schools supplies, computers and computer accessories
without paying state and local sales tax during the state’s tax-free holiday
that begins at 12:01 a.m. August 2 and continues until midnight August 5...
More
9/22/08 In an effort to help Georgians conserve energy
and water, save money and protect the environment, today Governor Perdue
announced Georgia’s fourth annual ENERGY STAR Sales Tax Holiday has been
expanded for the first time to include WaterSense labeled products...
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7/19/08 (9:24 a.m.) All FairTax supporters are invited to attend an
organizational meeting August 7 at 7:00 p.m. to meet new community
coordinator, Greg Price of Peachtree City. Greg has accepted a leadership
role to help boost our support and membership for the FairTax in Fayette
County. As the elections near, the need to be out in the public eye to
educate the voters about the advantages and the need for a FairTax in our
country becomes more important. We need volunteer support to help us plan
community events where we can hand out information, answer questions and
sign up new memberships. We will discuss the possibility of working the
Kiwanis Fair in Fayetteville. This week long fair needs about 25
volunteers so that we can assign two hour shifts. Before we commit to the
booth fee we need to know we would have volunteers to cover it. There will
be many other fall festivals and community events that would allow us to
participate so we will discuss which events are appropriate. Please join
us for this very important meeting at:
J Christopher's Restaurant;
www.jchristophers.com,
264 Commerce Dr, Peachtree City,
(678) 216-1010; In order to help us plan, please RSVP
abean108@bellsouth.net.
6/2/08 (Georgia Front Page) Today Governor Sonny Perdue signed an executive
order suspending a scheduled increase in gas taxes that would have taken effect
on July 1. “Georgians are already facing record gas prices, and raising taxes
even higher would put further strain on families’ budgets and on our economy,”
said Governor Perdue...
More
3/13/08 (Blogpost) U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.,
today voted for an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Resolution
that would increase the exemption for the estate tax, also known as
the "death tax," from $2 million to...
More
3/5/08 (6:54 p.m.) Speaker Richardson's latest tax reform
proposal, SR 796, was defeated on the floor of the Georgia House today by a
vote of 110 to 62. As a Constitutional Amendment, the measure needed
120 votes to pass... More
2/13/08 (12:47 p.m.) Alan Essig,
executive director of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, will give
a talk entitled, “Reality Check: Tax Reform in Georgia” on Friday, Feb.
15 at Clayton State University.
Essig’s address will be held in room B14 of the
University’s Lecture Hall from 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. The event is
sponsored by the Clayton State Political Science Association and is free
and open to the public.
For more information, contact Dr. Joe Corrado,
assistant professor of Political Science and advisor to the Political
Science Association, at
joecorrado@clayton.edu.
A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton
State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university
located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
A Taxing Christmas by Lynn Westmoreland 12/16/07 (7:09 p.m.)
At the time of year when we want to have the giving
spirit of Tiny Tim in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” Americans pinched
by the rising cost of living might feel more like the Dickensian orphan Oliver
Twist... More
Georgia to
Hold Third Annual ENERGY STAR Sales Tax Holiday October 4-7 9/19/07 In an effort to help Georgians conserve energy,
save money and protect the environment, Georgia’s third annual ENERGY STAR
Sales Tax Holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, October 4 and runs
through midnight Sunday, October 7, 2007...
More
The taxing subject of
millage rates…
Try to explain how millage rates work, and taxes in general, and eyes
start to glaze over. Sure, there are some financial and analytical types
who understand how we in Fayette County are taxed and how the millage
rate affects taxes, but for the vast majority of us, it’s a difficult
subject....
Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have
been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed
before. -
Art Buchwald
