Audit reveals Georgia child care tax break costly, ineffective

ATLANTA — A new audit says the state is needlessly spending $20 million per year on a tax credit that isn’t working. The tax break is for child care.

For 30 years, the state of Georgia has funded tax breaks for child care – specifically, for employers who provide day care for their employees.

In 1994, then-state Rep. Doug Teper, of Atlanta, was among the lawmakers backing the bill creating the tax break…

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