Sec. 3. On or before July 1st of each year, the following persons shall file a tonnage tax return with the state auditor:

     (1) each navigation company incorporated under the laws of this state; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-6-6-3

  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (2) each person who, on May 1st of that year, owned a commercial vessel which was, under the navigation laws of the United States, registered at an Indiana port on May 1st of that year.

     The tonnage tax return for a year shall contain the name of each commercial vessel owned on May 1st of that year by the person filing the return. The return shall also contain the tonnage and port of registration, as of May 1st of that year, of each vessel listed on the return.

[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citations: 6-1-1-11 part; 6-1-1-12 part.]

Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.3.