Legislators are talking about cutting income taxes but constituents want property tax relief. (Getty Images)
Indiana legislators have been toying with a significant state tax overhaul for more than a year, even assigning a task force to review the options and present ideas for the 2025 session.
GOP leaders have an eye specifically on possibly eliminating the individual income tax. But Hoosiers want them to focus on property taxes, and property taxes are the most complicated of the tax structures to adjust.
Senate Republicans have begun releasing the results from their constituent surveys and property taxes are the clear favorite to cut. Twenty-seven surveys have been posted. Of those, 19 asked this question:
“Lawmakers are working on a long-term plan to improve Indiana’s tax system in the coming years. Which one of these taxes would you most like to see Indiana reduce/eliminate in the future?”
The choices were gas, income, property and sales taxes.
In 18 of those 19 surveys, property taxes were the clear leader. The last was a tie between property and income taxes.