34 articles in How-To Guides.
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Every Marion County property tax date from the October 2026 tax sale through the November 2027 installment — due dates, deadlines, and what is fixed vs. expected.
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Where Indianapolis homeowners can get real help with property taxes: township trustee assistance, the Treasurer's Flex Pay plan, deductions, and tax-sale prevention.
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Which property tax deductions Indiana veterans can claim in Marion County, the forms and documents the auditor requires, and the 2026 deadlines that shape your 2027 bill.
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Selling a home with a Form 130 appeal pending: whether the appeal survives closing, who receives the refund, purchase agreement language, and what buyers should verify.
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How to pull your Marion County property record card, read every field — grade, condition, square footage, effective age — and match each error to the right fix.
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How Indiana assesses an accessory dwelling unit: the permit-to-assessor pipeline, homestead treatment, and the 1% vs 2% cap split when you rent the ADU out.
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Indiana taxes mobile homes on two tracks: annually assessed personal property on rented land or real property on owned land. Due dates, moving permits, deductions.
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How Indiana's correction-of-error appeal works under IC 6-1.1-15-1.1: which errors qualify, the three-year window, the form to file, and what never qualifies.
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Missed the June 15, 2026 Form 130 deadline in Marion County? What is closed for 2026, what the correction-of-error path can still fix, and how to set up 2027.
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Moving to Indiana? How the 1%/2%/3% property tax caps compare to Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan, the homestead filing deadline, and the escrow gotcha.
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A step-by-step walkthrough to estimate your 2026 Indiana property tax bill under SB 1: gross AV, deductions, net AV, district rate, circuit-breaker cap, and the $300 credit.
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Indiana's fall property tax installment is due November 10, 2026. Here are the penalties, partial-payment options, escrow handling, and what leads to a tax sale.
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SEA 1 lowered many Indiana homeowners' 2026 tax bills, but escrow accounts adjust on a lag. How escrow analysis works, when the surplus check arrives, and what to verify on your statement.
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Classification decides whether your post-frame building is capped at 1%, 2%, or 3% — and the cost-schedule math behind the assessed value is full of correctable errors. A property-owner's guide for 2026.
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A final PTABOA, IBTR, or Tax Court reduction doesn't put money in your pocket by itself. How Indiana counties apply corrections, calculate interest, and issue refunds — plus the separate refund claim route if you never appealed.
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Indiana law lets owners of property damaged or destroyed by disaster petition for reassessment using Form 137R. How the process works, the deadline that controls it, and the documentation that makes it stick.
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Marion County added roughly $2B of assessed value to apartment complexes for 2026. Here's how to build an income-approach rebuttal — rent roll, NOI, cap rate selection — and present it on Form 130 and at PTABOA.
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The informal conference, the Form 134 stipulation, the 180-day PTABOA hearing clock, the written determination, and the 45-day IBTR window — what actually happens after you file a Marion County appeal.
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Penalties, the 30-day 5% window, payment options through the Marion County Treasurer, and how far you actually are from tax-sale risk. A practical guide for Indianapolis owners who missed the spring installment.
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The Marion County Treasurer launched paperless property tax billing with the spring 2026 invoice. How to enroll at invoicecloud.com/indy, who qualifies, and the pitfalls that can still cost you penalties.
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How Indiana prorates property taxes at closing, why arrears billing matters, how the settlement statement credits the buyer, and the homestead refile buyers miss.
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What Indiana TIF districts do, how base vs incremental assessed value works, what TIF revenue funds, the effect on schools and county budgets, and when districts expire.
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Marion County Form 130 appeals must be filed by June 15, 2026. A step-by-step checklist for Indianapolis owners — evidence to gather, who to file with, and the mistakes that get appeals tossed.
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Marion County PTABOA hearings are short — 20 to 45 minutes. The board accepts narrow categories of evidence and rejects the rest. Here's exactly what to bring, in what form, and the most common reasons appeals get dismissed.
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The Over-65 deduction reduces Marion County property tax bills meaningfully for qualifying seniors. SB 1 expanded the credit alongside the homestead deduction. Here's eligibility, filing, and the math for a typical Indianapolis senior household.
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Indiana counties go through cyclical reassessment on a rotating 4-year schedule. Roughly 23 counties cycle in 2027. If yours is one, here's what to expect and how to prepare your parcel record now.
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Comparable sales evidence wins or loses most Indiana property tax appeals. PTABOA hearing officers apply specific rules on recency, comparability, and adjustment methodology. Here's what they accept and what they reject.
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Your 2026 Indiana property tax bill is due May 10, but the appeal deadline is June 15. File Form 130 on time and Indiana Code 6-1.1-15-10 lets you pay on the prior year's assessment while your appeal is pending. Here's exactly how to trigger the protection.
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Your county PTABOA denied your property tax appeal, or hasn't ruled after 180 days. The Indiana Board of Tax Review takes the case from here. A guide to IBTR jurisdiction, the POPLAR filing system, hearing formats, and what February 2026 decisions reveal about what's winning this cycle.
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Indiana's constitutional property tax caps limit your bill to 1%, 2%, or 3% of gross AV depending on property type. Here's how each tier works and when the cap binds.
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Your Indiana property tax bill contains more than just the amount due. Learn what every line means — gross assessed value, deductions, net assessed value, tax rate, credits, and circuit breaker caps — so you can verify you're paying the right amount.
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Indiana's new DLGF-run property tax transparency portal, mandated by SB 1 and live since January 1, 2026, lets any homeowner inspect the rate, levy components, and circuit-breaker credits behind their bill. A 4-step audit walkthrough — and what the portal doesn't tell you.
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Marion County is one of few Indiana counties with township assessors. Center, Lawrence, Pike, Wayne and the other six all assess differently. Here's how township affects your tax bill.
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Most Indianapolis homestead parcels are bound by the 1% circuit breaker cap rather than their gross tax. Here's the math, why it matters for appeals, and what it means for your bill.