Indiana Blog Review

Sheriff's Bonus

Tracy Warner uses tax amnesty to talk about his problem with the state allowing local sheriffs to keep a percentage of delinquent taxes his or her department collects.

Tax Amnesty Politics

Masson's Blog on an article on tax amnesty in today's Evansville Courier-Gazette.

Amnesty Predictions

Indiana Politico predicts the results from the state's tax amnesty program.

PREVIOUSLY: Masson's Blog on tax amnesty

Raising Questions

Masson's Blog on Indiana's tax amnesty program, which ends tomorrow:

[...]Some information I would find useful:

• Gross amount collected or promised.

• Breakdown between amount actually received and amount promised. (As a debt collector, I can tell you that every once in awhile, a debtor's promise to pay doesn't work out. Or, more accurately, "most of the time" the promise doesn't work out.)

• Collection costs -- how much did we pay outside contractors or additional to state employees to get what we got.

• Amount compromised -- how much debt was forgiven to get what we got.

My guess is that the executive branch press releases will tell us the answer to the first question but none of the rest.

PREVIOUSLY: Taking Down Words on tax amnesty

No Penalties

What will Indiana's tax amnesty program end up bringing into the state's coffers?