Before the House of Representatives adjourned for the week, it did pass a couple of bills. The bills focused on tax collection and new policy for filing. While this occurred, two committees of the Georgia House convened to establish more study committees.
The House started with House Resolution (HR) 517. This bill authorizes the IRS to postpone federal tax deadlines for certain taxpayers. Specifically, it is for taxpayers affected by a qualified state declared disaster, upon written request by the state governor.
HR 517 defines a qualified state declared disaster as a natural catastrophe, fire, flood, or any other disaster that causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a request to postpone such federal tax deadlines.
Next, the House moved on to HR 1491. This bill requires the IRS to treat the postponement of the federal tax return deadline due to a federally declared disaster as an extension.
The purpose of extending such a deadline is for calculating the limit on a tax refund. HR 1491 provides that the IRS’s deadline for sending certain notices includes such postponement.
As for the Georgia House, the House Rural Development Committee discussed access to healthcare. The only bill the committee discussed was HR 753.
This bill creates a house study committee on improving access to internal medicine in rural areas. The new committee would focus on how doctors and medical care can be brought to these rural areas. It easily passed to the Rules Committee.
Finally, the House Economic Development and Tourism Committee discussed only one bill as well. HR 883 creates a house study committee on making Georgia the no. 1 state for tourism.
The new study committee focuses on how Georgia can draw more events like the World Cup. It also focuses on how Georgia can overtake other states in tourism. It easily passed to the Rules Committee.
