AUGUSTA, GA (WFXG) -
Residents in Richmond, Columbia, Appling, Lincoln, McDuffie and Burke County will see their tax rate
increase starting January 1, 2013.
The TSPLOST will raise the tax rate from 7% to 8%.
These counties will see tax increases: Appling,
Bleckley, Burke, Candler, Chattahoochee, Clay, Columbia, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly,
Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Hancock, Harris, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins,
Johnson, Laurens, Lincoln, Macon, Marion, McDuffie, Montgomery, Muscogee,
Quitman, Randolph, Richmond, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro,
Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Warren, Washington, Wayne,
Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox, and Wilkes.