Tax Reform 200720

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Tax Reform 2007-20??

• A Work in Progress

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Tax Reform 2007-20??

• 2007 The Great Plan
• Get Rid of Every Ad Valorem Tax
• AKA- Get Rid of Every Assessor/Appraiser Totally
• Replace Property tax with increased sales tax

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Tax Reform 2007-20??

• Morphed into various plans
• Remove car tax
• Cap assessment increases
• Cap budget increases
• Eliminate personal income tax

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Tax Reform 2007-20??

• All plans failed in the end due to lack of
  consensus and politics of who could claim credit
• Also due to objections from local
  government(ACCG, GMA, School Boards)

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What can we do to improve perception?

• Keep values current to avoid large jumps in value
  at one time
• Develop and use PR programs

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Tax Reform 2007-20??

• Important that we talk to all the players
• County Commissioners-Course overview at Jekyll
  Island
• Members of the General Assembly
• Taxpayers

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Tax Reform 2007-20??

• The Terminator

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Tax Reform 2007-20??

• Ill Be Back