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Indiana Tax Information

• No gross receipts tax in Indiana · No inventory tax

Corporate Income Tax

• Currently at 8.0% with reductions of .5% each year resulting in a 6.5% tax rate by 2015 · Simplifies tax calculations for corporations · Does not apply to S corporations or not-for-profit corporations

Single-Sales Factor

• Calculates the Indiana portion of an interstate or international corporation’s taxable income solely on the basis of that corporation’s Indiana sales · Factors in the Indiana portion of a corporation’s property and the proportion of its employees in Indiana · Being phased in now – will be completely phased in by 2011

Sales and Use Tax

• Calculated at a rate of 7% · Exempted in manufacturing: raw materials, equipment, power, electricity, utilities · Also exempted: wholesale sales, items used directly in production, sales made in interstate commerce, the purchase of research & development equipment

Property Tax

• Both real and personal property (including business equipment) are assessed at 100% of market value. Property tax rates per $100 of assessed valuation vary between taxing districts. There are also property tax "circuit breaker" caps in place (included in the State Constitution): 1% of gross assessed valuation for owner-occupied residences; 2% of gross assessed valuation for all other residential properties and farmland; and 3% of gross assessed valuation for commercial/industrial real property and all taxable personal property. Substantial deductions from gross assessed valuation are available for owner-occupied residential property and property tax liability can be phased-in for certain business real and personal property investments ("tax abatement"). Indiana exempts inventory from property taxation.

Research and Development Tax Credit

• Also known as Research Expense Tax Credit · Based on increase in Indiana R&D over prior 3-year base · Research expenses in base year must be at lest half of research expenses in current year · Credit amounts to 15% of qualified research expenses on first $1 million of investment · Credit applied against income tax liability and may be carried forward for 10 years · No carryback · Credit non-refundable · Program operates under Department of Revenue · Uses Internal Revenue Code definition of “qualified research expense” (which includes costs of wages and supplies)

Patent Income Exemption

• Taxpayers exempt from certain income derived from qualified utility and plant patents · Qualified taxpayers eligible for an exemption of 50% of patent income for each of first 5 years · Exemption percentage decreases over next 5 years to 10% in 10^th year · Total amount of exemptions claimed by taxpayer may not exceed $5 million per year · This benefit available only to companies with 500 or fewer employees

Individual Income Tax

• Indiana personal income tax 3.4% of federal adjusted gross income (with certain exemptions and deductions)

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