Carrollton -- The topic of tax reform since last year’s general assembly efforts to reform Georgia’s tax code has largely been centered around competing tax structures from Georgia’s surrounding states. House District 18 Representative, Kevin Cooke says this year’s approach is likely to be more piecemeal as opposed to radical reform. “What we are looking at doing is taking some of the measure in that total bill and implementing them piece by piece,” he says. “Like taking away the tax on energy manufacturing, which has really put us at a disadvantage as a state, because all the states around us don’t have it… so that’s keeping the manufacturing jobs from coming in Georgia. But, we’ll definitely have to look at getting that money from other places.”
Cooke says creating a more competitive tax code will be a big step in attracting already southerly migrating businesses to Georgia instead of more business-friendly neighboring states. Cooke was speaking with constituents at a fund-raiser last night for his re-election bid this fall. Cooke says efforts in opposition for his bid for re-election have been pretty nonexistent.
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