Building Better Communities
Future dates to be determined
How can your community adapt in the changing landscape of Indiana public finance? During this half-day workshop, learn how Indiana municipalities are financed, discuss recent tax structure changes, and discover alternatives to property taxes.
You will learn how:
- Indiana communities are funded and sustained
- Local Option Income Taxes (LOITs) work
- to determine ways to increase revenues and/or decrease the cost of providing services
- property tax caps affect taxpayers and local governments
The presenters:
John Stafford, Director, Community Research Institute, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne
Larry DeBoer, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
The workshop agenda:
8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:05 a.m. "How We Got Here and Where Are We Going?"
John Stafford
- Overview of Indiana municipal finance
10:05 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. "The New Reality of Local Government Finance in the Age of Circuit
Breakers"
Larry DeBoer
- How the Local Option Income Taxes - the three LOITS work
- Examples of the likely shift that local governments are making from
supporting activities with taxes to supporting them with user fees whenever
possible
- Potential impacts on traditional economic development tools
11:15 a.m. Creative Financing Case Studies
John Stafford and Larry DeBoer
- Learn best practices on how Indiana communities are addressing the recent
tax structure changes
Noon Adjourn
REGISTRATION DETAILS
If you are interested in being notified about our next offering of this course, please e-mail Jes Beals to be put on our course announcement mailing list.
When: Future dated to be determined
Where: Ball State Indianapolis Center
Cost: $39 (This price includes workshop materials and a continental breakfast.)
If you have questions, please contact Building Better Communities Education and Training Director Sarah Browning or call 765-285-2773 for more information.