Taxpayer Bill of Rights

September 23, 2007

Property Tax Guide For The Georgia Taxpayer

Taxpayer Bill of Rights

(SB 177, Act 431, 1999 Session)

Act 431 was signed April 30, 1999 with a January 1, 2000 effective date.

The bill has two main thrusts:

· prevention of indirect tax increases resulting from increases to existing property values in county due to inflation,

· an enhancement of an individual property owner’s rights when objecting to and appealing an increase made by a county board of tax assessors to the value of the owner’s property. Read the rest of this entry »