Gainesville officials facing uncertainty on property assessments inside the city limits may have to consider increasing the tax rate on property owners next year. READ MORE...

In a wide-ranging “state of the city” speech Tuesday, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson grabbed firmly onto the third rail of local politics -- the city’s property tax assessment freeze. READ MORE...

Bibb County Commission Chairman Sam Hart promised Thursday that there won’t be a property tax increase while the county government takes over five Macon departments this year, which may add some $5 million to the county budget. READ MORE...

Tim Czura is not a man who minces words. As the owner of T.C. Realty of the Low Country, Inc., Czura has seen a lot of changes in Jasper County, but he says the past few years have taken a heavy toll on commercial properties. READ MORE...

The millage cap for the proposed City of Brookhaven will be set at 3.4 mills in HB 636, the Brookhaven city charter, as it moves forward in the 2012 session of the General Assembly.  In addition, the homestead exemption for city property taxes will be increased from $10,000 to $20,000. READ MORE...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton County staff is examining the feasibility of a property tax increase, a request supported by Commissioner Tom Lowe. READ MORE...

ATLANTA (AP) - Senate Democrats managed to thwart an attempt to establish a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the state's portion of the property tax, but lawmakers passed a bill in favor of the effort. Read more

ATLANTA -- A bill introduced this week with the support of Senate and House leaders sets the framework for a systematic study of Georgia's tax system this summer and fall by a blue-ribbon committee and creates an extraordinary mechanism for submitting any recommendations it may produce to next year's Legislature. Read more

ATLANTA — The state Senate approved a major overhaul to Georgia’s property tax system Thursday, continuing a multi-year effort to hold down the taxes local governments depend on and homeowners seem to hate. Read more

DALTON, Ga. -- Changes in the Georgia Senate to a proposed property tax reform bill would drop a requirement for year-round appeals, but local officials say the changes still would boost local governments' costs. Read more

ATLANTA - Property owners who have seen their tax assessments remain higher than current values are the subject of legislation introduced Monday designed to provide relief by overhauling the way counties determine how to tax real estate. Read more