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New in August (and May) '08: Purdue Agricultural Economics Reports articles on the new tax reform (Part 1 and Part 2), and farm land assessment. Scroll through the issues to find the property tax articles.
New in August '08: The outlook for the state budget for fiscal 2009.
New in July '08: Indiana Tax Reform, 2008--an index page for the material about HEA1001 on this website and elsewhere.
New in July '08: A link to a recording of Larry DeBoer's June 26 streaming video presentation on the property tax reform, circuit breakers and local income taxes.
New in June '08: A 12-Step Guide to Estimating Circuit Breaker Credits for 2009 Budgets, for Indiana local governments
Updated in June '08: Indiana's Local Option Income Taxes, 2008
New on March 21, '08: Legislative Services' revised analyses of the property tax reform bill, HEA1001, as passed and signed by the Governor. There's a memo on the Tax Shifts, another memo on the effect of the Circuit Breakers , and a third on the effect of Added Appropriations for School Corporations.
Updated in February '08: How Farm Land is Assessed in Indiana, and how the base rate assessment could change.
Capital Comments
Link to the Capital Comments podcasts.
August 2008: Is Indiana’s Budget Ready for Recession?
July 2008: Is This a Recession?
June 2008: A Non-binding Recommendation