Interesting article in today’s law.com: Georgia House Speaker Proposes Taxing Lawyers’ Services; Some Say Plan Could Hurt Low-Income Clients, Drive Attorneys to Different Markets, by Andy Peters:
Along with hourly rates and hours billed, Georgia lawyers may soon have to add another column to their clients’ receipts — one to show the state sales tax. House Speaker Glenn Richardson, R-Hiram, and his allies plan to push in next year’s legislative session changes that would levy sales taxes, for the first time in Georgia, on professional-service providers — from barbers and landscapers to accountants and lawyers.
