Local Government Has Sunk the Property-Tax Boat
For release Aug. 1 and thereafter 603 words By Ryan Cummins Actions by state government have certainly added to the complicated, arbitrary and capricious nature of the property-tax system in Indiana. And there is much the state can do to fix this situation. The responsibility, however, must begin and end with your neighbors holding local Read the full article…
Indiana’s Taxpayer Revolt: Don’t Stop Just Yet
Editors: The author was active in the tax protests earlier this month in Indianapolis. For release July 25 and thereafter 580 words By Andrew Horning Before citizens got mad over their tax bills, few politicians tried to do what was right. The protests on the governor’s lawn and elsewhere only awakened them to the problems Read the full article…
Indiana Tax Policy: A Government Against Us
For immediate release 623 words By Craig Ladwig What good that can be said about Indiana’s economy was not in the governor’s press releases last week. It is in our geographic good fortune to be surrounded by some of the highest-taxing, biggest-spending, most anti-business states in the nation. Now for the bad news: Indiana Read the full article…
Indiana’s Property Tax System: Fix it or Scrap it?
For immediate release 623 words By Eric Schansberg Hundreds of protestors in front of the governor’s residence — twice in one week . . . people afraid to receive their property tax bills — and then often angry when they look at them . . . property owners concerned about short-term tax bills and Read the full article…
Where’s the Property Tax Cap We Were Promised?
Indiana Writers Group column for immediate release 740 words By Andrea Neal Two years ago, after the last disastrous round of reassessment, Indiana lawmakers promised to cap rising property taxes. Most Hoosier taxpayers thought that they had. A 2006 law established a limit — 2 percent — on the percentage of a home’s value you Read the full article…
Are High Taxes Restricting Indiana’s Growth?
521 words Indiana Writers Group column for July 11 and thereafter (Digital mug shot available on request) By John Tatom The “Hoosier Comeback” program sponsored by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation is part of a strategy to boost economic growth, in this case through increasing the quantity and quality of available human resources. The plan Read the full article…
