Relocating to Atlanta?

Government

• Atlanta is the capital city of Georgia. The Capitol Dome brightens Atlanta’s skyline and is layered in 43 ounces of pure gold mined in Dahlonega, Georgia, the site of America’s first “Gold Rush.” 

• The City of Atlanta is governed by a mayor and a 15-member city council that is managed by the council president.  

• The 29 counties that make up metro Atlanta are individually governed by boards of commissioners, city councils and mayors.

Taxes

• Georgia’s corporate income tax rate is 5.75 percent (single factor sales tax apportionment). In the metro Atlanta region of 29 counties, the total (state and local) sales tax rate ranges from six percent (Cherokee, Cobb and Gwinnett counties) to 8.9 percent (City of Atlanta in Fulton and DeKalb counties). 

• Georgia’s individual income tax rate is a graduated tax based on an individual’s federal adjusted gross income. The tax rate ranges from one to 5.75 percent based on six income brackets. 

• Property tax rates (millage rates) are set locally by each county and city. Real and personal property are assessed at 40 percent of fair market value.

Quality of Life