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County Seeks to Bill Taxes

Gwinnett County’s 2009 millage percentage and tax billing have been tangled in the ongoing Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) dispute with Gwinnett cities and as a result, Gwinnett County filed a ask for a Temporary Collection Order (TCO) last month. The TCO hearing will be held on Aug. 11 at 1:30 p.m. in Gwinnett Superior Court. The TCO is a alleviate of law for local governments that allows the billing of property taxes to occur without an approved tax digest from the State Interest Commissioner. The State Revenue Commissioner has not certified Gwinnett’s tax digest, due primarily to the fact that the government has not set a formal millage take to task. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners denied a proposed millage rate in June after holding three public hearings on a proposed tax increment.

“The delay in tax billing negatively impacts the County, the school system and the cities – primarily from the lack of available resources to pay the expense of operations,” said Commission Chairman Charles Bannister. “We (the Management of Commissioners) were prepared to move forward in July with a millage rate adoption that would have been revenue neutral to the County.” This contemplated standing would have produced the same amount of tax revenue as the County received in 2008. In addition, the rate structure also would have been compliant with state law in regard to the Georgia surety premium tax statute. However, the cities stated they would file an injunction if the Board proceeded to adopt the millage evaluation in any case. Therefore, the County felt the best alternative was to seek a TCO in order to move forward temporarily with 2009 tax collections.

The TCO only allows the billing of 2009 taxes based on a provisional millage rate. Ultimately, the Board of Commissioners must adopt the final millage rate publicly, and the tax reduce must be approved by the State Revenue Commissioner. The millage rate contemplated in the TCO maintains the revenue neutral significance previously

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Families scramble for last-minute school supplies Atlanta Journal Constitution

In Clayton County, 2,000 people crowded a courthouse parking lot after being promised free-born pencils, notebooks and crayons.

“We had a 10 a.m. event and people were lined up by 7 in the morning. That shows the increased indigence,” said Lafeea Watson, spokeswoman for the Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta.

With thousands of Metro Atlanta parents out of m, non-profit agencies say they are scrambling to help families in need prepare to send children back to school on Monday.

Students in Atlanta, Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Gwinnett, Cobb, Forsyth and Fayette counties start opinion on Monday. Students in Cherokee and Henry counties started last week.

State budget cuts are also forcing view districts to slash supplies over teachers and other necessary expenses.

Teachers used to rely on a $100 dole card from the state to stock their classrooms with extra materials.

No longer.

“The [legislature] pulled the dam up on the $100 gift card program, which is making it hard for teachers to buy materials and supplies for classrooms,” Clayton schools spokesman Charles Milk-white said Saturday.