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The Georgia Secretary of State urges all Georgia corporations to exercise due dilligence
and to treat all suspicious solicitations with caution.
Corporate solicitations
elicit warnings from state
Georgia Secretary of
State Brian Kemp alerted
corporations recently that
his office has received re
cent complaints about solic
itations sent from a firm
called “Compliance Serv
ices.”
The firm offers to com
plete corporate meeting
minutes on behalf of Geor
gia corporations for a fee.
Despite what the solicita
tion claims, Georgia corpo
rations are not required by
law to file corporate minutes
with the Secretary of State’s
Corporations Division.
Kemp said, “Georgia’s
corporations should be cau
tious regarding any suspi
cious solicitation, and
practice their due diligence
to prevent corporate fraud
and identity theft.”
Although the solicitation
from Compliance Services
contains language from var
ious Georgia Code sections
Georgia's corporations
should be cautious
regarding any
suspicious solicitation.
— Brian Kemp
Georgia Secretary of State
and a disclaimer stating,
“This product has not been
approved or endorsed by
any government agency and
this offer is not being made
by an agency of the govern
ment,” some corporate offi
cers have been
understandably confused by
the official-looking docu
ments. It is important to re
member that any official
statement or request from
the Secretary of State will
clearly indicate its origin by
displaying the State Seal
and the name of the Secre
tary of State.
If corporate customers
have any questions, they
may call the Corporations
Division Call Center at
(404) 656-2817.
Kemp has been recog
nized by his fellow secre
taries of state as a national
leader in implementing e-
government solutions to
combat corporate fraud and
identity theft and in raising
awareness among business
owners, financial institu
tions and law enforcement
agencies about this growing
criminal activity.
Kemp has been secretary
of state since January 2010.
Among the office’s wide-
ranging responsibilities, the
secretary of state is charged
with conducting efficient
and secure elections, the
registration of corporations
and the regulation of securi
ties and professional license
holders.
Secretary of State Office
Corporations Division
Phone: 404-656-2817
Fax: 404-657-6380
Address: 2 MLK Jr. Dr. S.E.
Suite 315, Floyd West Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Building Permits Issued
New Business Licenses
Owner: Terry Stover Construction Inc; St. Marys, GA 31558
Location/Description of Work: 204 Redwood St; The Meadows; 120 SQ FT, Addition to Res
Amount: $3,250
Owner: Ian Rankin; Kingsland, GA 31548
Location/Description of Work: 100 Old Folkston Rd; The Meadows;
320 SQ FT. New Accy Bldg
Amount: $500
Owner: Maronda Homes; Jacksonville, FL
Location/Description of Work: 430 Brooklet Circle;
Winding River; New Residence
Amount: $93,920
Owner: Lawrence General Contraacting;
Brunswick, GA 31520
Location/Description of Work: 2060 Dan Proctor Dr
1200; 5.613 SQ FT, Build out for Medical Office
Amount: $465,850
Owner: Michael Wilson; St. Marys, GA 31558
Location/Description of Work: 203 Hall St E; 240 SQ FT, Addition To Res
Amount: $5,127
Neligan Construction • No Address Given, Jacksonville, FL • 904-247-3777
Disulmona Inc DBA Lucky Dawgs • 1550 Point Peter Rd., St. Marys, GA 3155 •
419-343-5034
Lulu Redstar • 101 A Weed St. E, St. Marys, GA 31558 • 404-285-0759
The Spine Center of SE GA • 52 A Lindsey Lane, St. Marys, GA 31558 •
912-262-6552
Total Entertainment Group • 107 A Industrial Dr, St. Marys, GA 31558 •
912-464-9450
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Landowners in Georgia may soon have the chance to decrease the amount they pay in
federal income taxes by as much as 50 percent for up to 16 years.
Landowners can gain
income tax deductions
If you own land in Geor
gia, you may have a chance
to cut your income taxes in
half.
Congress recently ex
tended, through the end of
the year, a law that allows
landowners who protect
their land from develop
ment and protect the con
servation values on the
property to reduce their
federal income tax liability
by as much as 50 percent.
This annual 50 percent tax
savings can be continued
for up to 16 years, depend
ing on the value of the land.
The way to qualify for
this is through a land con
servation easement. A con
servation easement is
simply a legal agreement
that the land will not be de
veloped into a subdivision.
The owner still has all the
other rights and privileges
we associate with ownership:
private use of the land; the
right to sell or convey; the
right to hunt, fish, hike, or
farm-even the right to build
necessary structures or a
home for a family member.
For many landowners who
are not interested in develop
ing their family land, giving
up a possible future opportu
nity to subdivide in exchange
for keeping real money in
their pocket today just makes
sense. The IRS allows the
landowner to take the value of
these subdivision rights —
which can be the majority of
the land’s value — and treat
them as a deduction to reduce
one’s income. It is similar to
the deduction one is allowed
to take for donations to a
church or other charity. The
state of Georgia also recog
nizes the value of protecting
natural resources and allows a
tax credit for the landowner.
While the concept is sim
ple, the process can be com
plex. The Georgia
Conservancy, one of the state’s
oldest non-profit environ
mental organizations, has a
free service for Georgia
landowners to help them eval
uate whether this program is
suitable for them. In just two
years, landowners working
with the Georgia Conser
vancy have protected 15,000
acres of land and received mil
lions of dollars in conserva
tion cash payments and
income tax savings.
Landowners who are inter
ested in a free evaluation of
their land’s conservation po
tential are encouraged to con
tact Fuller Callaway of the
Georgia Conservancy’s Land
Conservation Program at
(404) 876-2900 ext. 113 or
fcallaway@gaconservancy.org.
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