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HB425 • 2025

Revenue and taxation; purchase of an emergency power generator to convenience stores and grocery stores; provide tax credit

Revenue and taxation; purchase of an emergency power generator to convenience stores and grocery stores; provide tax credit

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The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Burchett, James
Last action
2025-03-10
Official status
Senate Read and Referred
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill status shows it passed both chambers, but no effective date is listed in the metadata or summary.

Tax Credit for Emergency Generators at Stores

This bill creates a tax credit for convenience stores and grocery stores that buy emergency power generators.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides a tax credit to qualifying businesses for buying emergency power generators and related components.
  • Requires taxpayers to follow specific steps to certify their claim for the tax credit.
  • Sets an end date, or sunset, for when this tax credit program will stop working.
  • Limits how long unused credits can be carried forward to future years.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Convenience stores
  • Grocery stores

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not list the exact dollar amount of the tax credit.
  • The specific types of generators or components that qualify are not detailed in this summary.
  • The effective start date and end dates for the program are mentioned as existing but are not listed here.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-10 Georgia General Assembly

    Senate Read and Referred

Official Summary Text

Revenue and taxation; purchase of an emergency power generator to convenience stores and grocery stores; provide tax credit