In response to Georgia’s Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program, Draffin & Tucker, LLP has just announced they have contributed $432,000 to rural hospitals within the state over the last two years.

“As a firm that has worked with rural hospitals for more than 40 years, we understand just how important these hospitals are to the rural communities they serve,” said Jeff Wright, firm managing partner. “We feel it is important to support them in any way we can so they can continue to provide the care and services these communities so desperately need.”

House Bill 769, the updated form of SB 258, seeks to drive private contributions to rural hospitals through a tax credit program, potentially bolstering the rural hospital community in Georgia by generating possible contributions of $300 million over a five-year term. The Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program became effective in Georgia beginning Jan. 1, 2017. From 2018 through 2021, Georgia taxpayers can access $60 million of rural hospital organization (RHO) tax credits each year, with each qualified RHO having access to $4 million of tax credits (until the total annual $60 million cap is met).