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# O.C.G.A. § 48-13-71. Organizations and companies exempt from corporate net worth tax.

The following are exempt from the payment of the tax imposed by this article:

(1) Those organizations not organized for pecuniary gain or profit;

(2) Insurance companies which are separately taxed; and

(3) Those corporations having a net worth, including capital stock, paid-in surplus, and earned surplus, of no more than $100,000.00.

## History

Code 1933, § 92-2406, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 147, § 1; Code 1933, § 92-2406.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 147, § 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 405, §§ 7, 8; Code 1933, § 92-2405, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1580, § 5; Code 1933, § 91A-6303, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1350, § 13; Ga. L. 2017, p. 637, § 2-1/SB 133.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1983, p. 1350, § 15, effective January 1, 1984, provides that, should subsection (e) of § 48-6-93 or paragraph (b)(11) of § 48-7-21 be declared invalid or unconstitutional, it is the intent of the General Assembly that the entire Act be held invalid and that the method of taxation affected by the Act revert to the method in effect prior to January 1, 1984.

Ga. L. 2017, p. 637, § 3-1(b)/SB 133, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Act shall be applicable to all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018.

## Law Reviews

For article, “Why Captives, Lord, What Have They Ever Done?: The Georgia Captive Insurance Company Act,” see 26 Ga. St. B. J. 119 (1990).