A TAX OBLIGATION DAMAGE COULD BE COMING SOON FOR GEORGIA'' S ARMED FORCE RETIREES. LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING A COSTS THAT WOULD GET RID OF THE STATE'' S EARNINGS TAX OBLIGATION ON ALL ARMED FORCE RETIREMENTS. INFORMATION THREE ALEX BOZARJIAN SPOKE TO A LEGISLATOR AND An EXPERT ABOUT WHY THEY'' RE COLLABORATING TO OBTAIN THE EXPENSE PASSED. SHE HAS TONIGHTS ARMED FORCE RECORD. JIM VEJAR/VIETNAM VETERAN: “” I SELECTED NOT TO BOTHER WITH THE CASH I PICKED MORE TO FRET ABOUT THE PROFESSION AND WHAT I COULD DO FOR MY COUNTRY.”” JIM VEJAR IS A VIETNAM VETERINARIAN AND AFTER OVER 20 YEARS IN THE MILITARY HE KNOW'' S A THING OR MORE ABOUT RETIREMENT PAY.JIM VEJAR: “” BASE WAGE IS ONLY A SMALL PERCENT OF IT. AND AFTER THAT IF YOU GET 50 PERCENT OF THAT, THAT ISN'' T MUCH SO YOU INCLUDE THAT POSSIBLY SOME SOCIAL SECURITY TO IT WHICH'' S OCCASIONALLY ALL THE ADVANTAGES THIS GENT IS GOING TO GET. IN GEORGIA THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR ARMED FORCE RETIRED LIFE PAY– TAXPAYERS WHO ARE 62 AND ALSO OLDER, OR PERMANENTLY AS WELL AS TOTALLY DISABLED MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A RETIREMENT REVENUE MODIFICATION. JIM VEJAR: “” THERES SIMPLY NOWAY.I MEAN YOU ARE 37 YEARS OLD AT THE EARLIEST. WHAT CAN YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND YOU ARE SURVIVING ON HALF OF WHAT YOU WERE MAKING AT THE TOP 36 MONTHS THAT YOU WERE MAKING WHEN YOU VENTURED OUT”” REPUBLICAN JESSE PETREA IS ONE OF THE AGENTS FUNDING THE COSTS– HE'' S BEEN WORKING WITH OBTAINING IT PASSED BECAUSE 2015.
REP. JESSE PETREA: “” IT'' S THE RIGHT POINT TO DO FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE GAVE UP AN ENTIRE PROFESSION OF MILITARY SERVICE SECONDLY OUR BIGGEST OBSTACLE TODAY IN THIS COUNTRY AND CERTAINLY IN GEORGIA AS WELL AS OTHER STATES IS WORKFORCE.”” PETREA IS HOPING THE BILL WILL DRAW IN EVEN MORE ARMY RETIRED PEOPLE TO GEORGIA AND HOPEFULLY KEEP THEM HERE. REPRESENTATIVE JESSE PETREA: “” WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IS TO INCENTIVIZE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PATRIOTIC AND ALSO DISCIPLINED, HAVE ABILITIES THAT ARE OUR WORKFORCE THAT OUR COMPANY INDUSTRY REQUIRES.”” COVERAGE IN SAVANNAH, ALEX BOZARJIAN WSAV INFORMATION 3.
PETREA WISHES TO OBTAIN A HEARING FOR THE BILL SOON AS WELL AS BRING IT BEFORE A BOARD. IF THE BOARD PASSES IT … IT TRANSFERS TO THE FLOORING FOR A BALLOT. HE CLAIMS THE EXPENSE HAS A LONG MEANS TO GO BUT HE'' S HOPEFUL.