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      "id": "learn_r6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_anchor",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Georgia Department of Revenue: Page heading: Taxes for Individuals",
      "summary": "dor.georgia.gov (the Georgia Department of Revenue's state .gov site) publishes the page 'Taxes for Individuals'.",
      "body": "dor.georgia.gov (the Georgia Department of Revenue's state .gov site) publishes the page 'Taxes for Individuals'.\n\nWhat Georgia Department of Revenue actually says:\n\n“Taxes for Individuals Taxes for Individuals Taxes for Individuals - Tax Season”\n\nNote: Anchor record: state .gov domain.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://dor.georgia.gov/taxes/taxes-individuals",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "evidence_quote": "Taxes for Individuals Taxes for Individuals Taxes for Individuals - Tax Season",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "6641-georgia-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "topic": "Page heading: Taxes for Individuals",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
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    {
      "id": "learn_r6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_rate",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "O.C.G.A. 48-7-20(a.1): Individual income tax rate (Act 7, HB 111, 2025)",
      "summary": "Act 7 (HB 111, 2025) sets the Georgia individual income tax rate at 5.19 percent for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025 and reduces it by 0.10 percent annually until it reaches 4.99 percent, subject to annual delays. The old 5.39 percent figure shown first in the quote is repealed text.",
      "body": "Act 7 (HB 111, 2025) sets the Georgia individual income tax rate at 5.19 percent for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025 and reduces it by 0.10 percent annually until it reaches 4.99 percent, subject to annual delays. The old 5.39 percent figure shown first in the quote is repealed text.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“shall be 5.39 5.19 percent for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024 2025; provided, however, that such rate shall be reduced by 0.10 percent annually beginning on January 1, 2025 2026, until the rate reaches 4.99 percent, provided”\n\nNote: Enacted text: 5.19 percent for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, reduced by 0.10 percent annually beginning on January 1, 2026 until 4.99 percent. In the Act's PDF text the repealed words come first and the inserted words second ('5.39 5.19', '2024 2025', '2025 2026'): 5.39, 2024 and 2025 (second pair) are the old text and are NOT law; 5.19, 2025 and 2026 are law. The Act's caption is 'reduce rate of tax'. Georgia imposes an individual income tax; this is a flat rate, not brackets.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/236780",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "shall be 5.39 5.19 percent for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024 2025; provided, however, that such rate shall be reduced by 0.10 percent annually beginning on January 1, 2025 2026, until the rate reaches 4.99 percent, provided",
      "volatility": "high",
      "from_batch": "6641-georgia-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "O.C.G.A. 48-7-20(a.1)",
      "topic": "Individual income tax rate (Act 7, HB 111, 2025)",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_delay",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "O.C.G.A. 48-7-20(a.1)(2): Rate cuts are delayed by revenue tests",
      "summary": "O.C.G.A. 48-7-20(a.1)(2): each annual rate reduction is delayed by one year for each year that the Governor's revenue estimate, prior-year net revenue collection, or the Revenue Shortfall Reserve test is not met as of December 1.",
      "body": "O.C.G.A. 48-7-20(a.1)(2): each annual rate reduction is delayed by one year for each year that the Governor's revenue estimate, prior-year net revenue collection, or the Revenue Shortfall Reserve test is not met as of December 1.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“(2) Each prospective annual reduction in the tax rate that would otherwise occur as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be delayed by one year for each year”\n\nNote: The three tests are in subparagraphs (A)-(C) after this span; the Office of Planning and Budget makes the determinations (paragraph (3)).",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/236780",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "(2) Each prospective annual reduction in the tax rate that would otherwise occur as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be delayed by one year for each year",
      "volatility": "high",
      "from_batch": "6641-georgia-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "O.C.G.A. 48-7-20(a.1)(2)",
      "topic": "Rate cuts are delayed by revenue tests",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
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        "stage": "setting_up",
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        "topic": [
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_eff",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "O.C.G.A. 48-7-20(a.1): Applies to taxable years from 2025",
      "summary": "Act 7 (HB 111, 2025) became effective July 1, 2025 and applies to all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.",
      "body": "Act 7 (HB 111, 2025) became effective July 1, 2025 and applies to all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025, and shall apply to all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/236780",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025, and shall apply to all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "6641-georgia-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "O.C.G.A. 48-7-20(a.1)",
      "topic": "Applies to taxable years from 2025",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
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        "stage": "setting_up",
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        "explicitness": "any"
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    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_due",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Georgia Department of Revenue: Individual return due date",
      "summary": "Georgia DOR: Georgia individual income tax returns must be received or postmarked by April 15, 2027 (due-date page read 2026-10-18).",
      "body": "Georgia DOR: Georgia individual income tax returns must be received or postmarked by April 15, 2027 (due-date page read 2026-10-18).\n\nWhat Georgia Department of Revenue actually says:\n\n“Returns must be received or postmarked by April 15, 2027.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://dor.georgia.gov/taxes/tax-faqs-due-dates-and-other-resources/tax-due-dates",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "evidence_quote": "Returns must be received or postmarked by April 15, 2027.",
      "volatility": "high",
      "from_batch": "6641-georgia-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "topic": "Individual return due date",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
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        "region": [
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        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_f500",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Georgia Department of Revenue: Form 500 for all filers from tax year 2025",
      "summary": "Georgia DOR: Form 500EZ is discontinued and no longer accepted for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025; taxpayers use Georgia Form 500.",
      "body": "Georgia DOR: Form 500EZ is discontinued and no longer accepted for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025; taxpayers use Georgia Form 500.\n\nWhat Georgia Department of Revenue actually says:\n\n“Form 500EZ has been discontinued and is no longer accepted for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Taxpayers should use Georgia Form 500 for all filings from the 2025 tax year forward.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://dor.georgia.gov/taxes/years-individual-income-tax-forms",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "evidence_quote": "Form 500EZ has been discontinued and is no longer accepted for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Taxpayers should use Georgia Form 500 for all filings from the 2025 tax year forward.",
      "volatility": "high",
      "from_batch": "6641-georgia-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "topic": "Form 500 for all filers from tax year 2025",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-ga"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_reg",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Georgia Department of Revenue: Sole proprietors register for business taxes as an individual",
      "summary": "Georgia DOR: sole proprietors may register with the Department as an individual for business-related taxes.",
      "body": "Georgia DOR: sole proprietors may register with the Department as an individual for business-related taxes.\n\nWhat Georgia Department of Revenue actually says:\n\n“Sole proprietors may register with the Department as an individual for business related taxes.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://dor.georgia.gov/taxes/register-new-business-georgia",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "evidence_quote": "Sole proprietors may register with the Department as an individual for business related taxes.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "6641-georgia-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "topic": "Sole proprietors register for business taxes as an individual",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
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        "topic": [
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_sales",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Georgia Department of Revenue: Sales tax applies to tangible goods and certain services",
      "summary": "Georgia DOR: Georgia sales and use tax generally applies to all tangible goods sold, so a creator selling physical merchandise must register and collect.",
      "body": "Georgia DOR: Georgia sales and use tax generally applies to all tangible goods sold, so a creator selling physical merchandise must register and collect.\n\nWhat Georgia Department of Revenue actually says:\n\n“Georgia sales and use tax generally applies to all tangible goods sold.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://dor.georgia.gov/taxes/business-taxes/sales-use-tax",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "evidence_quote": "Georgia sales and use tax generally applies to all tangible goods sold.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "6641-georgia-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "topic": "Sales tax applies to tangible goods and certain services",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
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      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_6641_georgia_creator_tax_treatment_nexus",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Georgia Department of Revenue: Out-of-state sellers: 200 transactions or $100,000",
      "summary": "Georgia DOR: an out-of-state seller registers for Georgia sales tax if it had over 200 separate sales transactions attributed to Georgia, or at least $100,000 in total sales to Georgia customers, in the last calendar year.",
      "body": "Georgia DOR: an out-of-state seller registers for Georgia sales tax if it had over 200 separate sales transactions attributed to Georgia, or at least $100,000 in total sales to Georgia customers, in the last calendar year.\n\nWhat Georgia Department of Revenue actually says:\n\n“Do you have over 200 separate sales transactions attributed to Georgia OR did you have at least $100,000 in total sales to Georgia customers in the last calendar year?”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://dor.georgia.gov/taxes/sales-use-tax/how-do-i-know-if-i-need-collect-sales-use-tax",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "evidence_quote": "Do you have over 200 separate sales transactions attributed to Georgia OR did you have at least $100,000 in total sales to Georgia customers in the last calendar year?",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "6641-georgia-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Georgia Department of Revenue",
      "topic": "Out-of-state sellers: 200 transactions or $100,000",
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      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
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