Passage of the proposed tax relief may come in the next year
Property owners may not get relief from a proposed Local Homestead Option Sales Tax (LHOST) this year, but there appears to be wide support for it locally after a regional educational meeting held last week at the Southeast Georgia Regional Agriculture Center (formerly the NFC building) in Blackshear.
The proposed LHOST will allow local governments to levy a Local Homestead Option Sales Tax (LHOST). Proceeds from the sales tax would be applied to property tax bills to give relief to land and home owners.
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