Friday, September 12, 2008
News Georgia tax revenues down 7 percent — booze still selling like hotcakes
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:02 PM
The state pulled in $94.2 million less in taxes compared to this time last year. Alcohol beverage taxes rose a healthy 5.2 percent, however. Chalk that one up to college football season starting and the always dependable alcoholic demographic!
For you number lovers out there, download the revenue collection statistics here.
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