Time for making tax returns.

Each tax commissioner and tax receiver shall open his or her books for the return of real or personal property ad valorem taxes on January 1 and shall close those books on April 1 of each year. History. Ga. L. 1913, p. 123, § 1; Code 1933, § 92-6201; Ga. L. 1945, p. 424, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 270, § 1; Code 1933, § 91A-1013, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 5, § 24; Ga. L. 1979, p. 538, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 594, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1857, § 10; Ga. L. 1982, p. 537, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 575, §§ 1, 8; Ga. L. 1982, p. 999, §§ 1, 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1108, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1849, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 48; Ga. L. 1991, p. 6, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 303, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1188, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 237, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 778, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1313, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1104, § 3-1/SB 346. Law reviews. For article, “Procedure and Problems in Georgia Ad Valorem Tax Appeals,” see 26 Ga. St. B.J. 98 (1990). JUDICIAL DECISIONS City and county could not close their books prior to April 1 because neither Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. III, Para. I(a) nor provisions of the city charter satisfied the requirement of former subsection (e) of O.C.G.A. § 48-5-18 pertaining to the operation of a joint tax receiving or assessing program. Board of Tax Assessors v. Tom's Foods, Inc., 264 Ga. 309, 444 S.E.2d 771, 1994 Ga. LEXIS 467 (1994). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, State and Local Taxation, § 625.