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Brand New in May '08: A podcast of Larry DeBoer's April Capital Comments column. They'll appear monthly. Learn about Indiana tax policy while you jog!
New in May '08: A link to a recording of Larry DeBoer's April 25streaming video presentation on the new property tax reform, HEA1001.
Revised in April '08: Estimated Effects of Indiana's New Tax Reform on the Median Indiana Homeowner and Renter (Analysis of the final bill).
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.
Updated in February '08: The Outlook for the State Budget.
New in January '08: a link to the Department of Local Government Finance, reference materials explaining the increase in the base rate of farm land to $1,200, for taxes in 2009, and The DLGF's base rate memo.
New in October '07: The Shares of Indiana Taxes Paid by Businesses and Individuals: An Update for 2006
Capital Comments
April 2009: Circuit Breakers: A Simple Idea with Complex Results
Go to the podcast of April's column.
March 2008: Property Tax Reform: What Have We Got?
February 2008: Property Taxes Down, Sales Taxes Up
January 2008: Farm Land Assessments, Present and Future