No Tax Breaks for Georgians

Katherine Mullen
June 27, 2017

Georgia residents will not be getting a break on their back-to-school shopping next month.  Each year, the legislature passes sales tax holidays for back-to-school items and energy efficient appliances; however, the legislature did not pass any holidays for 2017.  Therefore, there will be no tax break for back-to-school items in July, and no tax break for energy efficient appliances in October.

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Katherine Mullen

Katherine Mullen is a Regulatory Counsel at Sovos. Within Sovos’ Regulatory Analysis function, Katherine researches U.S. transaction tax. Katherine holds a B.A. in English Literature from McGill University, an M.S. in Library Science from Simmons College and a J.D. from Suffolk University School of Law. Katherine is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
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