Danny Kanso

Assessments, millages, inflation, oh my! The big stab at property tax relief in Georgia boils down to keeping costs in check for homeowners. #gapol See what the Legislature did — and didn't — do to lower property taxes in 2026, via @StateAffairsGA: pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/taxes/georg…

Tough talk on data center tax breaks and cost protections in Georgia resulted in no action from lawmakers in the 2026 session. #gapol Story in @StateAffairsGA: pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/technology/…

Sine Die 2026 recap @GaBudget #gapol gbpi.org/sine-die-2026-…

Motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate substitute to HB 1116 is lost with a vote of 24 to 28. #gapol #gasenate

The Georgia legislature passed a bill enacting a financial need-based scholarship for students attending public colleges and universities in the state. #gapol wabe.org/georgia-need-b…

These two charts show why caps on property tax revenue like those in HB 1116 and SB 382 would disproportionately harm schools. Costs that the state has increasingly pushed schools to shoulder like health insurance & transportation are increasing much faster than inflation #gapol

On Sine Die, the governor reminds lawmakers that fiscal sanity & a balanced revenue system have supported decades of growth & led to a higher median income in GA than FL, TN or TX. The future of public schools & key services are central to debates on the income tax & property tax

“An analysis from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute found that the top 1% of earners in the state would enjoy one quarter of the benefit while more than half of households would collectively see about 14% of the savings” #gapol

Republican senators are pitching giant income tax cuts to make Georgia more affordable, a plan that Democrats warn could lead to fewer government services or sales tax hikes. Via WABE media partner Capitol Beat. #gapol wabe.org/big-georgia-in…

That deficit is more than the state share of Medicaid spending to to cover 2 million Georgians. It’s more than the state spends on combined on its University and Technical College System. Simply put, this legislation would cause a massive hole in Georgia’s budget #gapol

SB 476 also rolls back a series of tax breaks. Although the bill does not yet have a fiscal note estimating its full effects, the legislation’s proponents have estimated its offsets would raise about $3 billion. That means, if implemented, it would result in a $6 billion+ deficit

Members of Georgia’s Senate are debating SB 476 and SB 477, a legislative package that would eliminate about half of Georgia’s income tax. We estimate the combined effects of the provisions cutting income taxes would result in about $9.5 billion in lost revenue.

New GBPI/UGA SPIA poll on SNAP shows 60% of Georgians support adding an additional $50 million to the FY 2027 budget to fully fund SNAP administration & the vast majority of Georgians view SNAP as important #gapol gbpi.org/wp-content/upl…

Members of the Senate appear ready to release a $16 billion tax plan with one big detail missing: where will Georgia find the $16 billion to replace its largest source of revenue? If GA follows other “no income tax” states, a massive sales tax increase is the likeliest option

New @GaBudget brief on tobacco use in Georgia & why we should think about tobacco taxes as user fees. In FY 2026, GA taxpayers will subsidize costs from cigarettes by at least $296 million through Medicaid w/ the nation’s 2nd lowest state user fee #gapol gbpi.org/wp-content/upl…

GA spends $782M via Medicaid to cover smoking-related healthcare costs. But it takes in only $486M from all taxes and fees on tobacco products. Taxpayers are therefore subsidizing the high health costs people who choose to smoke. @DannyKanso explains: gbpi.org/wp-content/upl…

Simply put, elminating Georgia’s income tax would represent the largest transfer of wealth from working and middle-class families to high income individuals and corporations in state history #gapol

A lot of attention is focused on Georgia’s flat income tax rate, but a significant share of earnings are exempt from income taxes. Georgia now has the 7th lowest overall level of state taxes in the nation & lower taxes per person than all but one of its neighboring states(FL)

New @GaBudget report on Georgia’s income tax and why eliminating it would significantly increase the cost of living: gbpi.org/wp-content/upl… #gapol