Friday, October 16, 2026

Georgia plans to raise property tax threshold to 100,000 lari

TBILISI, September 29 – Georgia’s parliament is considering changes that would sharply raise the income threshold for paying property tax. A bill submitted to parliament on Monday would scrap the current 40,000-lari household income threshold and leave only a 100,000-lari threshold for property tax liability. The amendments to the Tax Code have already been presented … Read more

The price of the state

nino evgenidze
Nino Evgenidze is Executive Director of the Economic Policy Research Center.

Everyone demands something from the state budget: pensioners – increased pensions, public sector employees – higher salaries, socially needed – adequate social assistance, everyone else – free healthcare, education, etc. Not many of them realize that there is no

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Tax incentive for Georgians living near the conflict zone

The village Dvani, on the de facto border with South Ossetia, is one of the places likely to be exempted from property tax. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Property close to the occupied territories of Georgia are to be exempted from property tax.

The government proposes to amend the tax code so that land which is owned by a person or property lands that are located near the occupied territories,

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