Georgia considers reforming tax code

Last year when the Center for a Better South published its ideas for progressive tax reform, Georgia House Ways and Means Chair Larry O'Neal, R-Warner Robbins, recognized that sales tax exemptions and antiquated income tax brackets were a potential source of unfairness. (Augusta Chronicle, 6/24/06).

Now in the new legislative session, O'Neal told the Macon Telegraph that he expects tax reform to be a major part of the session. For a year, he's worked with colleagues to develop a massive tax reform report. But he said he expects the tax code, which he described as pretty reliable, to be tweaked, not overhauled.

He told committee members Tuesday that the goal in this complicated process is to avoid "one single unintended consequence" from tax code changes.