The Georgia GOP plans to go after the tag tax in the next session.

House Speaker Pro Tem Mark Burkhalter (R-Alpharetta) is the main force behind the tag tax proposal and a series of five study committee hearings, the first of which takes place at 7 p.m. today at the Alpharetta Marriott Hotel.

“We’re not unrealistic enough to think we can [eliminate] it all at once,” Burkhalter said. “But we’re certainly going to explore eliminating it over a period of time — and shorter [rather] than later.”

Burkhalter said drivers in Georgia are taxed at too many turns. They pay a sales tax when they buy their vehicles, state and federal taxes at each fill-up, and even a disposal fee when they trade in their worn tires for new ones.

“This is also one of the most noticeable taxes they pay” since it’s due annually on their birthdays, he said.

The tax is based on 40 percent of a vehicle’s value and the local tax millage.

This proposal would cut taxes for 90% of Georgians. But not everyone is happy about the idea.

The idea of cutting the tag tax doesn’t strike Eric Lyons, a 43-year-old Atlanta artist, as fair. “I feel it is wrong because it would let owners of more expensive cars opt out of paying their ‘fair share’ of taxes,” Lyons said.

You just can’t please everyone.