Section 48-8-109.19 - Administration and collection of tax; disbursement of proceeds; remittance of taxes collected(a) The sales and use tax levied pursuant to this part shall be exclusively administered and collected by the commissioner for the use and benefit of each county whose geographical boundary is conterminous with that of a special district. Such administration and collection shall be accomplished in the same manner and subject to the same applicable provisions, procedures, and penalties provided in Article 1 of this chapter except that the sales and use tax provided in this part shall be applicable to sales of motor fuels as prepaid local tax as such term is defined in Code Section 48-8-2, to the same extent that sales of motor fuels are subject to taxation pursuant to Part 1 of this article; provided, however, that all moneys collected from each taxpayer by the commissioner shall be applied first to such taxpayer's liability for taxes owed the state. Dealers shall be allowed a percentage of the amount of the sales and use tax due and accounted for and shall be reimbursed in the form of a deduction in submitting, reporting, and paying the amount due if such amount is not delinquent at the time of payment. The deduction shall be at the rate and subject to the requirements specified under subsections (b) through (f) of Code Section 48-8-50.(b) Each sales and use tax return remitting sales and use taxes collected under this part shall separately identify the location of each retail establishment at which any of the sales and use taxes remitted were collected and shall specify the amount of sales and the amount of taxes collected at each establishment for the period covered by the return in order to facilitate the determination by the commissioner that all sales and use taxes imposed by this part are collected and distributed according to situs of sale.(c) The proceeds of the sales and use tax collected by the commissioner in each special district under this part shall be disbursed as soon as practicable after collection as follows:(1) One percent of the amount collected shall be paid into the general fund of the state treasury in order to defray the costs of administration; and(2) The remaining proceeds shall be disbursed to the governing authority of the county whose geographical boundary is conterminous with that of the special district, and each municipality located wholly or partially therein, and shall be utilized as follows: (A) The proceeds shall be used to roll back, and eliminate if possible, the millage rates for any county ad valorem property tax line items levied uniformly throughout the county on homestead properties, including in all municipalities; and(B) Any remaining proceeds shall be used to roll back at an equal and uniform rate across both of the following categories, and eliminate if possible:(i) The millage rates for any county ad valorem property tax line items levied only in unincorporated portions of the county on homestead properties; and(ii) The millage rates for any municipal ad valorem property tax line items levied in every municipality located wholly or partially in the county on homestead properties but not in unincorporated portions of the county. If any municipality is located partially in the special district, then only that portion so located shall be considered in the calculations contained in this subsection.
(d) The form to collect ad valorem tax prepared by the county tax commissioner shall reflect the full amount owed by the taxpayer pursuant to the millage rates set by the county governing authority and any municipal governing authority. Under a separate heading, the form shall reflect the deductions from the gross ad valorem tax amount realized through the application of proceeds from the revised homestead option sales and use tax.Added by 2020 Ga. Laws 570,§ 1, eff. 8/5/2020.