Kemp pitches $1 billion tax rebate in final Georgia State of the State address

Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) used his final annual address to Georgia residents on Thursday as the platform to once again advocate sweeping tax cuts. 

The governor proposed using over $1 billion from the state’s budget surplus to send tax rebates to Georgians, amounting to $250 for individual filers and up to $500 for married couples filing jointly. And he called on lawmakers to accelerate Georgia’s planned income tax cuts, proposing a 20-basis-point reduction to lower the state’s flat tax rate to 4.99%, during his State of the State address. 

“This will be a fulfillment of my promise to the people of Georgia during my reelection campaign to lower our state income tax rate under 5%, and with the General Assembly’s passage and my signature, it will