Job Tax Credits

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Tricia DePadro
tricia.depadro@dca.ga.gov

Provides for a statewide job tax credit for any business or headquarters of any such business engaged in manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, processing, telecommunications, tourism, research and development industries or services for the elderly and persons with disabilities but does not include retail businesses. If other requirements are met, job tax credits are available to businesses of any nature, including retail businesses, in counties recognized and designated as the 40 least developed counties.

Counties and certain census tracts in the state are ranked and placed in economic tiers using the following factors:

1. highest unemployment rate;
2. lowest per capita income; and 
3. highest percentage of residents whose incomes are below the poverty level.

To determine the designation area for an address location, go to the Interactive Map of Potential Opportunity Zone areas for 2022, including designated LDCT and Military Zones. Click on the layers for the LDCT and Military Zones to have these layers shown on the map.


Job Tax Credits Flyer
Georgia Job Tax Credit Regulations
2023 Job Tax Credit Rankings
Link to Forms IT-CA and Form IT-WH (Dept of Revenue)
2023 Tier Map
Job Tax Credit Annual Wages (New)

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Public Notices
Fact Sheets
Newsroom

Announcements

  • NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND INTENT TO ADOPT REVISIONS TO THE RULES FOR THE JOB TAX CREDIT PROGRAM

    NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND INTENT TO ADOPT REVISIONS TO THE RULES FOR THE JOB TAX CREDIT PROGRAM

    Notice is hereby given that the Department of Community Affairs will hold a public hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, O.C.G.A. §50-13-1, et seq. The hearing will afford all interested persons reasonable opportunity to provide data, views, or arguments regarding proposed revised rules for the Job Tax Credit program (Rules of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Chapter 110-9-1, et seq.).

    A public hearing will be held virtually on October 17, 2022, at 11:00 AM. The link to this public hearing is contained below, as well as being placed on the website of the Department of Community Affairs in the “Announcements” section of the agency’s website. Please contact Ms. Tricia DePadro (tricia.depadro@dca.ga.gov) with questions.

    Access to the meeting can be gained through the following:

    Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 263 528 869 321 and Passcode: hWEPfC.

    Any party wishing to provide data, views, or arguments regarding the proposed revised rules in writing may also do so by submitting them to: Job Tax Credit Program, Community Development and Finance Division, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, 60 Executive Park South, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329, or by emailing comments to Tricia.DePadro@dca.ga.gov. These written comments should be received no later than 5:00 P.M. on Monday, October 31, 2022.

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