BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Georgia provides a wide variety of statutory incentives, to help eligible businesses realize their goals. Sales and Use tax exemptions are available for a wide range of companies. Many Georgia counties exempt up to 100 percent of manufacturer’s inventory under the local option Freeport law.
Georgia is the first state to adopt a single factor sales tax rate that substantially reduces the corporate income tax for Georgia companies who deliver a larger portion of their products/services outside of Georgia.
As an active and interested business partner, Georgia will work with your company to provide the most attractive incentive packages, commensurate with project needs and determine resource availability:
- Lower taxes
- Lower cost of living
- Affordable home prices
- Efficient energy rates
- Available office space
- Strategic location
- Transportation infrastructure
- Agreeable climate
- Logistics network
Georgia’s outstanding livability coupled with a variety of attractive incentives makes doing business here a pleasure and gives companies a distinct advantage.
The state of Georgia also provides companies with unique assistance to help in the difficult and often frustrating relocation process. Nico Wijnberg serves as the Georgia Department of Economic Development's (GDEcD) International Business Concierge. His role serves to help business executives with their transition to our state, including:
- Attaining drivers' licenses
- Choosing banking options
- Sorting through housing and real estate
- Finding the right schools
- Identifying many cultural opportunities
Speaking fluently or with conversational knowledge in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, German and Italian, Nico can be reached at 404.962.4834 or email at nwijnberg@georgia.org.