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Ware County tax officials brief commissioners on proposed 1% FLOST referendum to reduce property taxes
Summary
Tax Commissioner Roger Collins told commissioners a one‑percent local option sales tax (FLOST) could roll back county millage and be placed on the November ballot; commissioners asked staff to verify intergovernmental allocation percentages for distribution to the city.
Tax Commissioner Roger Collins told the Ware County Board of Commissioners on June 9 that a proposed one‑percent Food, Local Option Sales Tax (FLOST) would be placed on the November ballot and, if approved, would reduce property tax bills by rolling the millage rate back "off the bottom." He provided example bill calculations and said the five‑year tax would be collected for the general fund and used to reduce millage rather than pay for special projects.
"If the FLOST had been in…
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