MEMORANDUM
TO: Local Government Fiscal
Officers
FROM: Dan Jones, Assistant
Director, Budget Division
DATE:
May 10,
2013
SUBJECT:
2013–2014 Budget Calendar
On-time property
tax bills are a top priority for the Department of Local Government Finance
(“Department”) for 2013 and 2014.
To achieve this
objective, it is necessary for all involved in the assessment and property tax
billing processes to understand that there are sequential deadlines for
completing statutory responsibilities. Attached are key deadlines for calendar
year 2013 and the start of calendar year 2014. The deadlines below have been
adjusted to reflect the last possible day on which or by which a particular task
must be performed. Failure to meet any of these deadlines jeopardizes
on-time tax billing.
Please note that if
a county, city, town, or township has not adopted an anti-nepotism policy in
compliance with IC 36-1-20.2 and IC 36-1-21, the Department will not be able to
approve the unit’s budget or additional appropriations for the ensuing year.
Likewise, the Department may not approve a unit’s budget or additional
appropriations if the unit has not filed with the
State Board of Accounts (“SBOA”) its Annual Financial Report and Annual Salary
Report (100R).
Contact your local
Department field representative with specific questions about the budget
calendar or the budget process. Contact information for field representatives is
available by at www.in.gov/dlgf/2338.htm#BudgetFld or by calling
317-232-3777.
PLEASE
NOTE: This memorandum is simply
intended to be informative and does not take the place of Indiana law. In the
event any part of this memorandum conflicts with Indiana law, Indiana law
governs. The Department and all local units of government are bound to the
law.
