Who pays the most property taxes in Jackson County?
Not surprisingly, four of the six largest tax payments during 2008 were made by utility companies, according to the office of the Jackson County Tax Commissioner.
By far the largest is Southern Power Company, whose $2.019 million bill for Plant Dahlberg in Center, is almost double that of the county’s second-largest taxpayer, Jackson EMC, which paid $1.21 million.
Plant Dahlberg is a seldom-used electric generating plant in Center that is only used during times of electricity demand peaks beyond the ability power companies’ more traditional — and less costly — generating facilities.
Here are the rest of the top two dozen payers of property taxes in Jackson County.
•TD Automotive Compressor Georgia, $1,015,803
•Duke Realty Limited Partnership, $689,208
•Windstream Georgia, $548,532
•Huber Engineered Woods, $515,612
•Haverty’s, $487,083
•Georgia Power Company, $336,385
•Louisiana Pacific Corp., $304,503
•Stone Mountain Industrial Park Inc., $288,017
•Caterpillar Inc., $283,493
•Spectrum Brands, $277,017
•Nicolon Corporation, $262,730
•I & G Jackson 85 F LLC, $250,247
•Kubota Industrial Equipment Corp., $249,267
•First Industrial LP, $246,483
•Toyota Industries, $244,256
•Kubota Industrial Equipment Corporation, $236,242
•Gruma Corporation (Mission Foods), $228,136
•Solution Property Group Braselton One LLC, $221,526
•Sears Holding Corp., $216,355
•Tanger Properties LP, $179,854
•Paul & Eleanor Sade, $177,525
•Braselton Land LLC, $176,290
Not all of those companies will be back on the top 24 next year. Caterpillar and Louisiana Pacific have closed.
