Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Marjorie Taylor Greene, Congresswoman for the 14th District in Georgia, speaks during the Murray County town hall meeting at The Cloer Barn on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Chatsworth, Ga.U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, and her husband filed for a Georgia homestead property tax break at two homes – one in Fulton County and one in Floyd County – when state law allows only one.
James Whitman, the deputy chief appraiser for the homestead division of the Fulton County Assessor’s Office, confirmed to the Times Free Press on Monday that Rep. Greene and her husband, Perry Greene, filed for the tax exemption there in 2020 and again in 2021.
Danny Womack, chief appraiser with the Floyd County Board of Assessors, confirmed Perry Greene applied for and was granted a homestead exemption in Floyd County for the 2021 tax year.
The double-dipping was exposed last week by WSB Channel 2 Action News in Atlanta. In Fulton County, Whitman said, someone from the family called Friday to cancel the filing for 2021, less than 24 hours after the news of the filing was first reported. The family will therefore pay full taxes in Fulton County this year, instead of receiving the discounted rate allowed for people at their primary residence.
In a statement to the Times Free Press, Rep. Greene said Georgians care about their livelihoods and their family’s safety, “yet WSB is focused on paperwork, which has been taken care of.”