Georgia Senate Fails to Advance Property Tax Measures for November Ballot

The Georgia Senate recently failed to secure the two-thirds vote required to advance two major local property tax measures to the November ballot.

The measures would implement the Local Homestead Option Sales Tax (LHOST) and the Floating Local Option Sales Tax (FLOST). Both of these would function as a revenue swap by increasing sales taxes and reducing property taxes.

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