Georgia: Sales Tax Holiday for Gun Purchases

BarryLee · January 22, 2024, 06:42 AM

A group of lawmakers in Georgia are proposing a Bill to create a Sales Tax Holiday for purchases of guns, ammunition and accessories. This holiday would run for 11 days in October. Well, I have no idea if this might pass, but can't think of any real negative if it does.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atl...20each%20year.

jmr40 · January 23, 2024, 11:36 AM

GA has a huge budget surplus. Business has been good for the last few years. They have done several tax holidays for various purposes over the last few years. They suspended the gas tax twice in the last year for 3 months each time and still sent every taxpayer an extra $400 tax refund the last 2 years.

There is no reason they can't afford to do it, but I'd think it more likely to pass as part of a broader tax holiday when everything is tax free for a few days. I don't see it passing as a stand-alone holiday. But then I could be wrong.

January 22, 2024, 06:42 AM	#1
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	Georgia: Sales Tax Holiday for Gun Purchases A group of lawmakers in Georgia are proposing a Bill to create a Sales Tax Holiday for purchases of guns, ammunition and accessories. This holiday would run for 11 days in October. Well, I have no idea if this might pass, but can't think of any real negative if it does. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atl...20each%20year. __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

January 23, 2024, 11:36 AM	#2
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,810	GA has a huge budget surplus. Business has been good for the last few years. They have done several tax holidays for various purposes over the last few years. They suspended the gas tax twice in the last year for 3 months each time and still sent every taxpayer an extra $400 tax refund the last 2 years. There is no reason they can't afford to do it, but I'd think it more likely to pass as part of a broader tax holiday when everything is tax free for a few days. I don't see it passing as a stand-alone holiday. But then I could be wrong. __________________ "If you're still doing things the same way you were doing them 10 years ago, you're doing it wrong" Winston Churchill