The State of Georgia has been busy making numerous updates to its tax laws over the last few months. Credits and incentives, motor vehicle taxes, and compliance measures are the focus of these revisions. One notable change made by the... Read More
The Path2College 529 Plan, sponsored by the State of Georgia, is a tax-advantaged way for parents and other family members to save for college, offering both federal and state tax benefits. Contributions are not deductible on your federal tax return,... Read More
The State of Georgia has been out front in helping businesses affected by Hurricane Michael, which hit the state in October 2018 and damaged an estimated 2 million acres of timberland. To help property owners and aid in reforestation, the... Read More
Mental State is Key to Discharging Federal Taxes in Bankruptcy Tax professionals including attorneys and CPAs must read court cases for a living to keep up with the proper interpretation of the tax laws. The more cases you read, the... Read More
The Georgia Department of Revenue has released updates to state law to adapt to the new federal tax era. The new rules cover numerous subjects, including the 80% limitation on net operating losses (NOLs), consolidated returns, withholding on nonresident aliens,... Read More
In June 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision clearing the way for states to force collection of sales taxes from online sellers who have no physical presence in the taxing state. Even before the South Dakota v.... Read More
Georgia has been very successful at designing tax credit and incentive programs that give taxpayers an opportunity to save money, do good, and support programs that they believe in. The Georgia “Qualified Education Donation Tax Credit” is one of those... Read More
In order to encourage companies to invest in R&D, and to reward them for doing so, Federal and Georgia tax rules provide what can be very significant tax credits (dollar for dollar reduction in tax liability). On February 7, 2018,... Read More
The State of Georgia has raised the tax credit for donations to rural hospitals from 90% to 100%. At the same time, the IRS has taken steps to limit the use of donations to special state funds to offset federal... Read More
Between 2005 and 2010, four AT&T subsidiary cellphone companies collected and remitted to the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) $6 million in sales tax on internet data services. The problem is, these services were exempt from sales tax under Georgia... Read More
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