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Indiana’s Fiscal Forecast is Quite Bright After Latest Updates

$462.9M, $862.3M, $1,104M.  These are the numbers that can be added to what is projected in tax collections for fiscal years 2021, 2022 and 2023. This is how much more money the Indiana revenue forecasters are now projecting over what was outlined in their December 2020 forecast. The amount totals $2.4B in “new” money that the budget-makers could include [...]

2021-04-20T08:27:32-04:00April 20th, 2021|

Fiscal Forecast Quite Bright After Latest Updates 

$462.9M, $862.3M, $1,104M.  These are the numbers that can be added to what is projected in tax collections for fiscal years 2021, 2022 and 2023. This is how much more money the Indiana revenue forecasters are now projecting over what was outlined in their December 2020 forecast. The amount totals $2.4B in “new” money that the budget-makers could include [...]

2021-04-16T13:51:51-04:00April 16th, 2021|

Senate Presents Own Budget; Let the Talks Begin

HB 1001 – State Budget Authored by Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) The budget bill appropriates money for the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes. Chamber position: Support in Part The latest: The Senate Appropriations Committee finished reworking the House budget bill yesterday. Basically, it spends the [...]

2021-04-09T13:28:47-04:00April 9th, 2021|

Woefully Inadequate and Unacceptable E-cigarette Tax Proposed by Senate Republicans

Last week, Senate leader Rod Bray (R-Martinsville) indicated the e-liquids tax proposed in the Senate’s version of the budget would bring that segment in line with the traditional cigarette tax. Unfortunately, the Senate Republican amendment adopted yesterday in committee absolutely does not do that. The tax on vaping products is only 10 cents per milliliter of e-liquids; that’s entirely insufficient and arguably [...]

2021-04-09T13:25:09-04:00April 9th, 2021|

Chamber: ‘Woefully Inadequate’ and ‘Unacceptable’ E-cigarette Tax Proposed by Senate Republicans

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kevin Brinegar comments on the “woefully inadequate” tax on e-cigarette products offered today in the state budget: “A tax on vaping products of only 10 cents per milliliter for e-liquids is entirely insufficient and arguably worse than no increase at all. Last week, Senate Leader Rod Bray indicated the e-liquids [...]

2021-04-21T12:52:34-04:00April 8th, 2021|

Chamber Pushes Higher Cigarette Tax in Budget Bill Testimony; Senate Leader Later Nixes Tax Hike

HB 1001 – State Budget Authored by Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) The budget bill appropriates money for the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes. Chamber position: Support in Part The latest: The Senate Appropriations Committee took public testimony on the budget this week. After earlier meetings [...]

2021-04-02T14:41:35-04:00April 2nd, 2021|

Senate Begins Work on Budget

HB 1001 – State Budget Authored by Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) The budget bill appropriates money for the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, plus various other distributions and purposes. Chamber position: Support in part The latest: The Senate Appropriations Committee began hearings of the House-formed budget bill this week. The opening [...]

2021-03-19T13:17:05-04:00March 19th, 2021|

House Crafts Its Version of the Budget; Includes ‘Starting Point’ Cigarette Tax Increase

House Bill 1001, authored by Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville), appropriates money for the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, plus various other distributions and purposes. The House Ways and Means Committee transformed the introduced budget bill, representing the budget devised and proposed by the administration, into a bill reflecting the [...]

2021-02-25T17:24:05-05:00February 15th, 2021|

TOP STORY: House Crafts Its Version of the Budget; Includes ‘Starting Point’ Cigarette Tax Increase

HB 1001 – State Budget Authored by Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) Appropriates money for the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, plus various other distributions and purposes. Chamber position: Support in Part The latest: The House Ways and Means Committee transformed the introduced budget bill, representing the budget devised and [...]

2021-02-12T15:16:21-05:00February 12th, 2021|

Forecasters Project Manageable State Revenues

The State Budget Committee convened Wednesday to listen to presentations regarding Indiana’s economy and tax revenues for the next two years. First, was an overview of our economic picture, presented by an economist retained to focus on Indiana’s economic particulars. That was followed by a presentation of the conclusions of a very respected group of fiscal analysts whose task [...]

2020-12-18T13:26:45-05:00December 18th, 2020|