From the Northwest Indiana Times
People who live or
work in northwestern Indiana's Lake County will soon find their paychecks a
little smaller as the state begins collections for the last of the state's 92
counties to impose a local income tax.
Indiana Department of
Revenue spokesman Robert Dittmer tells The Times of Munster (
http://bit.ly/16RMPkN) that its collections of the 1.5 percent tax begin this
month.
The Lake County
Council approved the personal income tax in May. Many county leaders argued for
years the tax was unfair because business income isn't taxed while businesses
will reap millions of dollars in property tax relief.
Local income taxes
have been on the state's books since 1973 as a supplement to unpopular property
taxes.
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and-regional/indiana/last-ind-county-now-collecting-local-income-tax/article_a66e74cb-47de-586c-bbd2-92f50df207a1.html
