Employees May Expect Tax Rate Change for Six Indiana Counties - 01/12/12

New income tax rates for Hancock County became effective Nov. 1, 2011.  Tax rates for five other Indiana counties — Carroll, Hendricks, Jasper, Martin, and Tipton — became effective Dec. 1, 2011.

Purdue employees who have tax withholding in one of these counties can expect to see these changes beginning with their first paycheck in 2012. There will not be a retroactive adjustment.

The resident rate for Carroll County is changing from 1.55 percent to 1.5039 percent, and the non-resident rate remains the same at .4 percent.

Hancock County is changing from the resident rate of 1.55 percent to 1.65 percent, and the non-resident rate remains the same at .4 percent.

The resident rate for Hendricks County remains the same at 1.4 percent, and the non-resident rate is changing from .65 percent to .5 percent.

Jasper County is changing from the resident rate of 3.05 percent to 3.114 percent, and the non-resident rate remains the same at .5 percent.

The resident rate for Martin County is changing from 1 percent to 1.5 percent, and the non-resident rate from .4 percent to .525 percent.

Tipton County is changing from the resident rate of 1.33 percent to 1.58 percent, and the non-resident rate remains the same at .58 percent.

A listing of the current county tax rates for Indiana is available on the Federal, State and County Tax Rates page of the Tax Department  website.

Please contact tax@purdue.edu with questions.