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Monday, June 18, 2007

State to audit tax collections

The state is auditing how it processed income taxes this year. Some lawmakers accuse Governor Sonny Perdue’s administration of cashing April income tax checks too slowly. They say that make it look like Georgia couldn’t afford a 142-million dollar tax break. Governor Perdue vetoed that tax break in May. But a few weeks later, the Department of Revenue reported a 45% increase in income tax collections.

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