WELCOME
May 6, 2013 Comments Off adminI am pleased you have chosen to visit the internet home of "Arthur Ferdinand for Fulton County Tax Commissioner". I am grateful for the support and confidence you have placed in me and aim to continue to do the job you have come to expect of me. It is my distinct honor to serve ...
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Letter To The Georgia Legislature
May 5, 2013 Comments Off adminTo The Legislature Please accept this correspondence as a public record to express my concern relative to the defamation of my character as a public servant on behalf of Fulton County citizens. First and foremost I respect the authority of this esteemed body and their right to create laws in the best interest of Georgia's citizens. In fact I ...
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In Defense of Good Tax Collections
May 5, 2013 Comments Off adminIn Defense of Good Tax Collections: Everyone is Expected to Pay Perspective Since 2002, my office has processed over 7.8 million property tax payments totaling over $17.4 billion dollars. Of those payments only 2% represented payments by third parties for the transfer of tax liens. Collection Practice Taxpayers and taxing authorities benefit when ALL taxpayers pay taxes on time. ...
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The Truth About Liens
Feb 14, 2013 Comments Off adminWhen a lien is placed on a property it means, for whatever reason, the property owner failed to pay taxes owed. When I first became Tax Commissioner, the County, Atlanta City Schools, Fulton County Schools, and the City of Atlanta were owed more than $200,000,000 in uncollected taxes. The millage rate was raised year after ...
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The Tax Commissioner routinely addresses taxpayers and future taxpayers at schools, neighborhood associations, senior centers, civic, business, professional and social clubs, and the Citizen’s University of Fulton County.
If you wish to have him address your group, please provide the needed information to schedule an appearance. Please make request at least two weeks in advance.