Pence sure income tax cut will create jobs

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence is certain reducing Indiana's personal income tax rate will create jobs, despite the doubts of legislative leaders and the increase in unemployment that followed distribution of the state's automatic taxpayer refund.

Income tax returns due Monday

INDIANAPOLIS | The deadline for Hoosiers to file their 2012 federal and state income tax returns is Monday.

State revenue tops forecast for third month in a row

INDIANAPOLIS | State revenue in November beat expectations for the third straight month, pushing Indiana's surplus to $80 million for the 2013 budget year that began in July.

Hoosier workers to get $111 come tax time

INDIANAPOLIS | Hoosier income tax payers each will receive $111 next year as Indiana returns a portion of its $2.15 billion budget reserve to its citizens.

Hoosiers on pace for second automatic taxpayer refund

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana ended the first quarter of its budget year Sunday with more revenue than expected and is on track for another annual surplus, state budget officials announced Friday.

State surplus boosts pension funds

INDIANAPOLIS | Five state employee pension funds received a windfall payment -- complete with oversized novelty check -- as Gov. Mitch Daniels on Thursday distributed their shares of Indiana's automatic taxpayer refund.

Indiana starts budget year strong

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's 2013 budget year got off to a fast start last month, with state revenue beating expectations by 4.1 percent and coming in 10 percent higher than last July.

Pence seeks 10 percent cut in state income tax rate

INDIANAPOLIS | Republican Mike Pence announced Tuesday he will work with the General Assembly if he's elected governor to reduce Indiana's personal income tax rate to 3.06 percent from 3.4 percent.

Hoosier taxpayers to share $360.6M in refunds

INDIANAPOLIS | What will you do with an extra hundred bucks?

Daniels proud of budget turnaround, urges continued prudence

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels beamed like a high school senior on graduation day when he announced last week Indiana will have a budget reserve of more than $2 billion when his term ends in January.

Indiana's $2 billion in reserve triggers taxpayer refund topping $100

INDIANAPOLIS | Two years of scrimping and saving by Indiana's state government soon will put more than $100 in the pockets of most Hoosiers.

State surplus refunds won't be paid until ’13

INDIANAPOLIS | Even though Gov. Mitch Daniels signed legislation Tuesday authorizing a partial refund of the state's budget surplus, Hoosiers won't get their approximately $70 each until next year.

New law refunds portion of state surplus to taxpayers, funds full-day kindergarten

INDIANAPOLIS | A law signed Tuesday by Gov. Mitch Daniels refunds to taxpayers a portion of Indiana's $1.7 billion budget surplus, which also will pay for full-day kindergarten in the 2012-13 school year.

Term-limited governor says his work is not done yet

INDIANAPOLIS | With his eighth and final legislative session now in the rearview mirror, Gov. Mitch Daniels isn't planning to just coast through the last nine months of his second term.