Struggling Georgia timber industry could receive big tax break

A proposed amendment to the Georgia Constitution would end sales taxes on timber, a major industry battered by mill closings and storms.House Majority Leader Chuck Efstration (R-Mulberry), said a bipartisan group of legislators want to help protect “a cornerstone of the state’s rural economy.”“The timber tax cut is necessary because Georgia timber farmers are facing severe...

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