The Indiana Tax Court has issued three decisions in the first half of 2014 relating to appeals of final determinations by the Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) regarding budgets and tax levies for local taxing...more
Indiana has a 7% sales tax rate. Earlier this year, the Indiana General Assembly passed a new statute, Indiana Code 6-2.5-2-3, which allows non-residents to purchase vehicles from Indiana dealers and pay the (typically...more
In Housing Partnerships, Inc. v. Tom Owens, Bartholomew County Assessor, Pet. No. 49T10-1005-TA-23 (June 6, 2014), Taxpayer owned several individual homes, duplexes and small apartment buildings. The properties were rented...more
Indiana allows an exemption from sales and use tax for items directly used or consumed in the direct production of tangible personal property. The Indiana Tax Court last month concluded that a Taxpayer’s grinding and...more
A longstanding exemption is denied. In Washington Park Cemetery Association, Inc. v. Marion County Assess et al., Cause No. 49T10-1404-TA-10, the non-profit Association owned a cemetery, mausoleum and crematory complex in...more
Indiana’s burden-shifting statute doesn’t apply to uniformity claims, the Tax Court ruled in a recent decision in which it also held the Owner failed to show that the assessment of his home was non-uniform with those of other...more
On March 18, 2014, the Indiana Tax Court clipped the wings of the Fraternal Order of Eagles #3988, affirming the denial of a property tax exemption for its lodge in Mooresville as of the March 1, 2006 assessment date. In...more