2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 6. Taxation
ARTICLE 1.1. PROPERTY TAXES
CHAPTER 18.5. Civil Government Property Tax Controls
6-1.1-18.5-2. Assessed value growth quotient
Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "Indiana nonfarm personal income" means the estimate of total nonfarm personal income for Indiana in a calendar year as computed by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis using any actual data for the calendar year and any estimated data determined appropriate by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis.
(b) For purposes of determining a civil taxing unit's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for an ensuing calendar year, the civil taxing unit shall use the assessed value growth quotient determined in the last STEP of the following STEPS:
STEP ONE: For each of the six (6) calendar years immediately preceding the year in which a budget is adopted under IC 6-1.1-17-5 for the ensuing calendar year, divide the Indiana nonfarm personal income for the calendar year by the Indiana nonfarm personal income for the calendar year immediately preceding that calendar year, rounding to the nearest one-thousandth (0.001).
STEP TWO: Determine the sum of the STEP ONE results.
STEP THREE: Divide the STEP TWO result by six (6), rounding to the nearest one-thousandth (0.001).
STEP FOUR: Determine the lesser of the following:
(A) The STEP THREE quotient.
(B) One and six-hundredths (1.06).
(c) The budget agency shall provide the assessed value growth quotient for the ensuing year to civil taxing units, school corporations, and the department of local government finance before July 1 of each year.
As added by P.L.73-1983, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.44-1984, SEC.1; P.L.198-2001, SEC.52; P.L.192-2002(ss), SEC.35; P.L.224-2007, SEC.19; P.L.1-2008, SEC.3; P.L.230-2013, SEC.2; P.L.184-2016, SEC.14.