Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-37. Reassessment of distributable property; refunds or taxes due
(1) the department of local government finance’s reassessment of distributable property is less than the department’s original assessment; or
Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-37
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- property: includes both tangible and intangible property. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
- public utility company: means a company which is subject to taxation under this chapter regardless of whether the company is operated by an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a limited liability company, a fiduciary, or any other entity. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
the auditor of each affected county shall compute the tax refund, if any, which is due the public utility company. The county auditor shall then issue a warrant to the company for the amount of the refund due, and the county treasurer shall pay the warrant, without an appropriation for the disbursement.
(b) If:
(1) the department of local government finance’s reassessment of distributable property is greater than the department’s original assessment; or
(2) the Indiana board’s reassessment of distributable property is greater than the department’s original assessment;
the auditor of each affected county shall enter the difference as an assessment of omitted property. The county auditor shall compute and the county treasurer shall collect the additional tax due in he same manner that taxes on omitted property are computed and collect. However, the county officials may not charge penalty or interest on the additional tax due unless the public utility company does not pay the tax within thirty (30) days after the date notice of the additional tax due is given to the company.
(c) The accounts of the various taxing units shall be credited or charged with each unit’s proportionate share of additional taxes collected and refunds made under this section.
[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citation: 6-1-44-14 part.]
Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.83.