For the third time in two years Howard County has prevailed with the Indiana Board of Tax Review after local businesses claimed they should be considered exempt from paying property taxes. Read More

Legislators are wrestling with ways to slash another property tax without busting local-government budgets. Read More

Whatever it’s called, northeast Indiana municipal and county governments rely on this economic-development tool to attract new businesses and support local companies when they expand. Read More
 

The city of Richmond, Ind., has granted the plastics recycler Perpetual Recycling Solutions an 85 percent tax abatement for 10 years for a new facility it opened there.The company says it is planning on a total investment of $4.65 million on the real estate and more than $30 million in total on the facility, including equipment. Read More

Railroad locomotive maker Progress Rail Services wants the assessed value of its Muncie manufacturing property slashed dramatically, which would result in a big property

 Tipton is hoping Chrysler comes back to town. Read more

 Efforts to add nearly 400 jobs in Elkhart County are moving forward. The county council has given final approval to a tax abatement request from Fortress Technologies LLC, which is planning to hire more than 260 workers over the next seven years in Middlebury. Read more

  MonoSol is planning a more than $34 million expansion in La Porte and the city government is trying to help it grow its operations. Read more

 Richmond Common Council on Monday night approved by a 7-2 vote an 85 percent tax abatement for 10 years for Perpetual Recycling Solutions, the new plastics recycling plant that has begun operation on the city’s northwest side. Read more

 The Town Council gave a growing Merrillville business a tax incentive on Tuesday to keep it in town. Read more

 An eastern Indiana county is dealing with a backlog of tax appeals as hundreds of property owners challenge increases in their assessments. Read more

 Elkhart County, which experienced the state's highest unemployment rate three years ago, is continuing its rebound with nearly 400 new jobs expected to be created in the coming months. Read more

 City Council Tuesday night granted tax abatement for Da-Mar Industries doing business as Lewger Machine & Tool. Read more

 While in Washington there is still no agreement on estate and other federal tax issues, it is a different story in Indianapolis. Bob Kraft, with Indiana Farm Bureau, says the incoming Governor, Lt. Governor, and General Assembly are all in agreement that the productivity formula on farmland needs to be eliminated. Read more

 Gov. Mark Dayton is embarking on what could be the most dramatic overhaul of the state tax system in a generation. Read more

 Trilogy Health Services has been granted a three-year tax abatement. Read more

 This is the time of year when homeowners are checking their mail and learning what the county thinks their property is worth. Read more

 The Marion County Assessor is fixing the property values of more than 6,000 homes. Read  more

 Indianapolis-based BioStorage Technologies Inc. is planning to add 108 jobs in the next five years as part of a $7 million expansion and is seeking financial incentives from the city for the second time in three years. Read more

 The Capital Improvement Board is appealing what they say amounts to a $15 million, end-of-the-year tax bill. Read more