Doug MacGinnitie Demystifies Taxes
The state revenue commissioner and former Sandy Springs councilman explained what the Department of Revenue does and how taxpayers can make everything easier for all involved.
When former Sandy Springs City Council and Charter Commission member Doug MacGinnitie took office as Georgia's newest state revenue commissioner just after the January 2011 snowstorm that basically shut down the city, he almost immediately encountered a problem. News trucks were in the driveway of the MacGinnitie household and his young son didn't know what to do. They were there because the Department of Revenue made errors on about 33,000 tax refunds and had further miscommunication with banks, so by the time the department tried to get the money back, many people had already spent it. The next day, MacGinnitie found himself swarmed by all the news anchors that, as an Atlanta native, he was used to watching on TV, except now they were …
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