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The City of Savannah and Chatham County offer some incentives for qualifiying businesses, from Freeport to sales and property tax exemptions, which can be found here.
The State of Georgia offers incentives to new companies... and established businesses. So, even after you choose Savannah, you can still take advantage of incentives designed to help your company grow.
And the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA) is here to connect you to all of the incentives available to qualifying companies operating in the state of Georgia and Chatham County.
The headquarters job tax credit provides a credit on taxes for a taxpayer establishing its headquarters in Georgia or relocating its headquarters into Georgia.
Headquarters means the principal central administrative office of a taxpayer where headquarters-related functions and services are performed (i.e. financial, personnel, administrative, legal, planning or similar business functions performed by headquarters staff employees.
In Chatham County these new employees must work 30 hours or more per week and be paid 110% of the average wage of Chatham County as determined by the Department of Labor’s Employment and Wages Averages Report.
Employers who provide or sponsor child care for full or part-time employees are eligible for a tax credit of 75% of the direct cost to the employer less anything paid by the employee. The credit cannot exceed more than 50% of the taxpayer’s total state income tax liability for that taxable year. Any credit claimed but not used in any taxable year may be carried forward for five years from the close of the taxable year in which the cost of the operation was incurred. Also available is a credit which allows you to deduct 10% of the cost of building/equipping a day care facility over 10 years (100%).
The Savannah office of the Georgia Department of Labor will recruit, screen and refer applicants, free of charge, to your specifications. These tasks can significantly cut your Human Resource department's time involved in adding new hires.
Quick Start’s Pre-Employment Training is designed to assist companies in obtaining the most qualified work force possible. The process provides a unique opportunity for your company and your potential employees to assess one another...before employment is offered. This applicant screening process is a coordinated effort among your company, the Georgia Department of Labor and Quick Start. This is typically available for 15 or more positions with similar skill sets.
Through the HOPE Scholarship, Georgia provides tuition, mandatory fees and a $100 book allowance at a Georgia public college, technical school, or university for students who are residents of Georgia and who completed high school since 1993 with a “B” average or better. Students must maintain the “B” average in college. HOPE also provides $3,000 per academic school year for eligible students attending a private college or university and an additional $1,000 in Tuition Equalizations Grants per year.
