Georgia


Poor Families in Georgia Remain Subject to the Income Tax

 

Georgia’s 1999 income tax threshold — the income level at which families begin paying income tax:

Ranking among 42 states with income taxes

    For two-parent families of four: $15,300.

16th lowest

    For single-parent families of three: $12,100.

14th lowest


Georgia’s 1999 income tax on working-poor and near-poor families:
    For families of four with incomes at the poverty line ($17,028): $37.

19th highest

    For families of three with incomes at the poverty line ($13,290): $23.

15th highest

    For families of four with incomes at 125% of the poverty line ($21,285): $212.

22nd highest

    For families of three with incomes at 125% of the poverty line ($16,613): $145.

19th highest

    For families of three with minimum-wage earnings ($10,712): $21 refund.

10th lowest


Despite progress, Georgia continues to tax families with incomes below the poverty line.

Georgia’s tax threshold for families of four increased during the 1990s, but a gap remains between the threshold and the poverty line.

In 1991, a family of four owed tax when its income exceeded 65 percent of the poverty line.  For 1999, Georgia’s tax threshold has risen to 90 percent of the poverty line.

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