Ride sharing company Uber is looking to the Georgia Supreme Court for help regarding a $9 million tax bill the state Department of Revenue says it owes. Uber, with support from some big time allies including the Georgia Chamber and Metro Atlanta Chamber, is arguing that the DOR overstepped its boundaries with the taxes, and that they came before the legislature had set up regulations for ride sharing companies. But lower courts have ruled in favor of the state, sending the case all the way to the top. Now in the Supreme Court’s… court, the Uber tax case is DRIFTING…
Could Paramount be coming to Georgia?
Paramount Skydance, one of the biggest and most prominent entertainment companies in the world, is furious at its home state of California over a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general attempting to stop a merger. In response, Chair David Ellison has threatened to move from Los Angeles to a state not actively suing his company, and Georgia was on the shortlist of possibilities. Gov. Brian Kemp welcomed the speculation at a luncheon Monday (and took a jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom), and while it’s a longshot the mere possibility of luring Paramount has Georgia RISING…
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