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Georgia House may extend deadline for property tax relief offer
property tax deadline
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Hufstetler, R-Rome, right, speaks at a news conference Feb. 7, 2025, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta, as Lt. Gov. Burt Jones looks on. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
ATLANTA — Georgia cities, counties and school districts are scrambling to meet a March 1 deadline for deciding whether to opt out of offering a property tax break the state's voters approved last fall in a constitutional amendment. But legislation pending in the Georgia House of Representatives would extend that deadline by four years.
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