From the Jeffersonville News and Tribune:
Whether it’s overpayments or a shortages, Floyd County Auditor Scott Clark said his office will rectify issues with excise payments for local taxing districts likely in December.
On Tuesday, a member of the public told the Floyd County Commissioners that he recently attended a Greenville Town Council meeting where it was announced the township had received an overpayment of $40,000 of tax revenue. Clark said Friday his office is working to clarify the issue, but that actually Greenville might have been shorted its allotment when the county sent the town its June property tax installment.
“It’s just another inherited issue,” said Clark, who took over as auditor in May for Darin Coddington, who stepped down after citing personal reasons for his departure.
The auditor’s office distributes property tax installments to taxing districts in the county in June and December. Though they are referred to as property tax installments, the payouts also include motor vehicle excise levies.
According to Clark, districts were reclassified in the county’s excise tax software system about two years ago, and the payment issue with Greenville revolves around excise disbursements.
“I don’t think that was done correctly two years ago,” Clark said of the reclassification of the districts in the software program.
The auditor’s office is working with the software company to determine what the correct figures are, he continued.
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http://newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/x596951530/Greenville-likely-received-incorrect-tax-payment
