Sales taxes across the six-county area (Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Williams) were up for 2025 when compared to 2024. That’s a good sign for the area. Dennis Kennedy, Fulton County ...

If you shop in Atlanta, get ready to dig deeper in your wallet. Starting Wednesday, Atlanta’s sales tax will inch up to 8.5 percent. It will rise again April 1, to 8.9 percent. Taxes in the rest of ...

Fulton County took in $4.2 million in sales tax in the second quarter, a 5 percent drop from the same period a year earlier, according to the County Treasurer’s Office.

• Voters will decide whether to renew the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or TSPLOST, in November. • Sandy Springs proposes a $129 million infrastructure plan, funded by the ...