Sweeping Income Tax Relief Package Voted On By GA Senate

ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia Senate on Thursday advanced a GOP-backed relief package that would be a step toward completely abolishing the state's income tax for two-thirds of the state population.

The passage of Senate bills 476 and 477, both sponsored by Sen. Blake Tillery (R–Vidalia), come nearly a month after Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a third round of income tax rebates and a 20-point tax reduction to 2.99 percent.

Tillery's SB 476, dubbed the “Income Tax Reduction Act of 2026,” would minimize the income tax rate for individuals, corporations and electing partnerships to 4.99 percent.

In this regard, standard deductions would be $100,000 for married couples filing jointly and $50,000 for single filers, which Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte (R–Dallas) said would generate a 5 percent increase for Georgia residents.

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Tillery took his efforts a step further by introducing SB 477, which would cut the personal income tax rate to 4.49 percent in 2027 and 3.99 percent in 2028. It would also cement a 4.99 percent corporate income tax rate with standard deductions as follows: $16,000 for individual filers and $32,000 for married couples.

The Senate passed SB 477 with a 31-14 vote, and nudged along SB 476 with a vote of 32-18.

“Georgians deserve to keep more of what they earn,” Tillery said in a news release. “Families still feel the squeeze of inflation and higher costs driven by bad federal policy, and the last thing they need is state government taking a bigger bite out of their paycheck. By cutting income taxes, we’re giving people real relief and more control over their own money.”

Georgia is one of at least nine states to recently cut income taxes. Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio and Oklahoma have all lowered their rates, according to CBS News.

Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming do not have state income tax, according to TurboTax.

Anavitarte said the Senate's latest move creates freedom and affordability for Georgians.

“SB 476 is about simplifying the tax code, making it fairer and putting more money directly back into the pockets of hardworking Georgians. Government doesn’t create prosperity; it is families and small businesses that do," Anavitarte said in the release.

"Taken together, these two bills are transformational. They create a clear, responsible pathway to eliminating the state income tax altogether. At a time when families are struggling with higher costs, we are choosing to trust them, not the government, with their own money. This is about affordability, freedom and making sure Georgia families always come first.”

The two newly-approved Senate bills now head for the Georgia House.