No savings and loan association with a home office in this state shall be assessed or subjected to taxation by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision taxing authority on its franchise, capital, reserves, surplus, loans, shares, or accounts; except that any real property and any tangible personal property not hereinbefore specifically mentioned, which may be owned by it, shall be subject to taxation to the same extent, according to its value, as all other real and tangible personal property is taxed.
OCGA § 7-1-786