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2020 Georgia Code
Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 4 - Distilled Spirits
Article 5 - Sales by the Drink
§ 3-4-131. Imposition of Tax by Counties Authorized; Rate of Tax; Taxation by Both County and Municipality Located Within County
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GA Code § 3-4-131 (2020)
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- The governing authority of each county in which the sale of distilled spirits by the drink is permitted may impose, levy, and collect an excise tax upon the sale of the beverages, which tax shall not exceed 3 percent of the charge to the public for the beverages.
- No tax authorized by subsection (a) of the Code section may be imposed, levied, and collected in any portion of a county in which the tax provided for in Code Section 3-4-130 is being imposed, levied, and collected.
- The tax authorized by this Code section shall not apply to the sale of fermented beverages made in whole or in part from malt or any similar fermented beverage.
(Ga. L. 1977, p. 744, § 2; Code 1933, § 5A-2907, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 45 Am. Jur. 2d, Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 168, 169. 67B Am. Jur. 2d, Sales and Use Taxes, §§ 8, 34, 80 et seq., 134 et seq.
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