When your business prospers, the entire community flourishes. With this knowledge, Cartersville and Bartow County strive to continually improve their business-friendly environment. By design, many of the costs related to business are lower here than elsewhere. Combine the low cost of doing business with the local government’s "can-do" attitude, and new or relocating businesses will discover that Cartersville and Bartow County will become their #1 choice.

 

PROPERTY TAXES

2010 Property Taxes per $1,000,000 of fair market value:

  • Bartow County - $10,352
  • City of Cartersville - $11,172
  • City of Adairsville - $12,344
  • Cities of Emerson, Kingston, White, Euharlee, & Taylorsville - $10,888

SALES TAX

Cartersville and Bartow County have a 3% local sales tax in addition to the 4% state sales tax.

FREEPORT STATUS

Georgia's Freeport Law offers manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and warehouse operations inventory tax exemption on three (3) categories of property:

1) Manufacturer's raw materials and goods in process,
2) Finished goods held by the original manufacturer, and
3) Finished goods held by distributors, wholesales, and manufacturers destined for out-of-state shipments.

Freeport Status provides a tax break on manufactured inventory at the end of the tax year.

  • City of CARTERSVILLE - 20%
  • City of ADAIRSVILLE - 80%
  • BARTOW COUNTY - 80%

STATE TAX CREDITS

Details are available on the following to fully assess a company's eligibility, and the appropriate strategy for utilization of these tools.  Bartow is a Tier 3 community with a multi-county Joint Development Authority.

  • Job Tax Credit - $1,750 per job with 15 jobs or more created in Bartow County
  • Investment Tax Credit - 1% credit with $50,000 or more invested in Bartow County
  • Optional Investment Tax Credit - 6% credit with $20 Million or more invested in Bartow County
  • Port activities may increase all three of the above
  • Also available are:
    Retraining Tax Credit, Child Care Credit, R&D Tax Credit, Small Business Growth Companies Tax Credit, Headquarters Tax Credit, Sales & Use Tax Exemptions on Manufacturing Machinery, Computer Sales & Use Tax Exemption, Primary Materials Handling Sales & Use Tax Exemption, Electricity Sales & Use Tax Exemption

LINKS

Georgia Economic Development Financing Assistance

Georgia Tax Credits

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