April 13, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressFormer Fifth Third Bank president Mike Alley will take over as the state's revenue commissioner. He'll replace John Eckart,
who resigned last week amid controversy over misplaced local option income taxes.
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April 12, 2012
Associated PressA leading legislator said he expects the State Budget Committee to take some time reviewing a second computer programming
mistake made by the Indiana Department of Revenue that short-changed local governments by about $205 million.
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April 5, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe head of Indiana's Department of Revenue and two other officials are resigning after $205 million in local option income
taxes were not distributed to counties. Marion County will get an extra $41 million from the oversight.
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March 6, 2012
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers are working toward final agreement on several tax and spending issues in the last days of this year's
legislative session.
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March 5, 2012
Associated PressFigures released Monday by the State Budget Agency show tax revenues for February came in less than expected by nearly $29
million, or about 4 percent. That follows a shortfall of about 3.5 percent for January.
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February 29, 2012
Associated PressState senators allocated more state money for victims of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse and full-day kindergarten as
part of a broad spending plan approved Wednesday.
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February 27, 2012
Associated PressBudget leaders in the Indiana Legislature are nearing agreement on plans for phasing out the state's inheritance tax and
changing the automatic taxpayer refund so that it could only be triggered every other year.
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February 25, 2012
Associated PressParents across Indiana weary of paying sometimes-hefty fees for their children to attend full-day kindergarten classes could
soon catch a break.
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February 8, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's public school districts wouldn't be able to end school bus service for their students under a proposal advancing
in the General Assembly after protests from parents in a suburban Indianapolis district who now face annual bills of more
than $400 a child for rides to and from school.
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February 7, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's state tax collections came in slightly below projections for January, the first monthly shortfall since the
new state budget year began last July.
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January 28, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinIndiana casinos saw their take from gambling fall in 2011, and new competition in Ohio and perhaps other neighboring states
virtually guarantees things will get worse from here.
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January 19, 2012
Associated PressAn Indiana Senate committee is advancing a plan to put more money into state savings accounts before automatic tax refunds
go out to taxpayers.
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January 9, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressAmazon.com will begin collecting Indiana's 7-percent sales tax from customers in 2014 under an agreement with the state
announced Monday.
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January 9, 2012
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels' top budget official is stepping down after being part of the Indiana governor's administration
since he took office seven years ago.
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January 5, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's state tax collections continue to run well ahead of a year ago, with last month's revenue nearly 5 percent
greater than in December 2010.
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January 3, 2012
Associated PressState Sen. Luke Kenley is floating the idea of using an online sales tax to help replace revenue that wouldn't be collected
if a proposal to eliminate the state's inheritance tax becomes law.
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December 29, 2011
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels will push for more money for victims of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse, but lawmakers will have
to decide how much.
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December 14, 2011
Associated PressDemocrat Erik Gonzalez of the state's budget-forecasting committee said his panel warned the Indiana Department of Revenue
something was wrong with corporate tax collections two years before the state discovered it misplaced $320 million.
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December 14, 2011
Associated PressRepublican members of the State Budget Committee have rejected Democrats' request for an independent audit of the Indiana
Department of Revenue for misplacing $320 million.
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December 11, 2011
Associated PressIndiana House and Senate Democrats say they want an investigation into how the money went missing for so long. They submitted
a letter to the state's budget forecasting committee requesting an independent audit of the state's finances.
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December 6, 2011
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says the state budget will see a one-time cash infusion of $300 million from tax collections that
weren't properly transferred into the general fund.
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October 5, 2011
Associated PressIndiana's budget picture continued improving last month as the state collected $31 million more in taxes than planned.
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August 23, 2011
Associated PressIndiana property taxpayers saw their savings grow by 32 percent this year compared to a year ago thanks to statewide tax caps
on their 2011 bills, according to a state report.
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August 3, 2011
Associated PressRepublican Mike Pence is looking at ways to cut Indiana income tax rates across the board if elected governor next year.
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August 3, 2011
Associated PressThe new budget year is off to a good start for Indiana's state government with about $23 million more in tax revenue coming
in than expected.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!