Tax Sale Information / Vanderburgh County (2024)

FAQs

How does a property tax sale work in Indiana? ›

To sell your home at a tax sale, the county auditor and treasurer must ask a court for a judgment. (Ind. Code § 6-1.1-24-2). The court will order a sale, and the treasurer will sell your home at a public auction to the highest bidder, subject to your right of redemption (see below).

You have one year from the date of the sale to redeem taxes if your parcel was sold at a tax sale. You have 120 days from the date of sale to redeem taxes if the tax parcel is a C-item or any unsold item. Click here to find County Liens from 2008-2021 by parcel number or address.

The clerk-recorder's office in the county where a taxpayer resides or a property is located is the primary source of information on tax liens in the state. Each county recorder in the state maintains real estate or property records that are searchable to find state or county tax liens against a property.

The minimum combined 2024 sales tax rate for Vanderburgh County, Indiana is 7%. This is the total of state and county sales tax rates. The Indiana state sales tax rate is currently 7%. The Vanderburgh County sales tax rate is 0%.

In Indiana, real estate may be sold for failure to pay real property taxes. Such a sale can and will remove a valid mortgage lien from the real estate unless the real estate is redeemed. There are three notices required under Indiana's statutory tax sale scheme: (1) pre-sale notice of the tax sale, I.C.

No, paying delinquent taxes does not mean you've purchased a property. Purchasing a tax lien is an investment that does not convey ownership to the lien holder.

Indiana Code 6-8.1-5-2 defines the statute of limitations for sales tax assessment as 3 years from either the return filing date or the end of the calendar year when the return was due (whichever comes later).

If the county has scheduled a tax lien on your home to be auctioned in a tax sale, you can stop the sale by paying the treasurer's office all unpaid taxes, penalties, and special assessments that are due; solid waste and stormwater service fees; and a $325 tax sale administration fee.

If the property owner does not repay the unpaid taxes within one year of the tax lien sales date, you can apply for a tax deed. A tax deed allows you to sell the property to recoup the taxes owed. You must pay all delinquent taxes, penalties, and/or special assessments due to receive the tax deed.

Most tax liens have a 1 year redemption period. If a property is not “sold” at the tax sale, the county commissioners acquire the tax lien against the property. The commissioners' tax liens can be sold at a commissioners' sale and these liens have only a 120 day redemption period.

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Indiana state tax debt has a 10-year statute of limitations. Federal tax debt – money owed to the IRS – also has a 10-year statute of limitations (with some notable exceptions). After the 10 years is up, the IRS and Indiana must stop their tax collection efforts.

Tax-exempt goods

Examples include most non-prepared food items, prescription drugs, and medical supplies. We recommend businesses review the Sales Tax Information Bulletins put forth by the Indiana Department of Revenue to stay up to date on which goods are taxable and which are exempt, and under what conditions.

In Indiana, unlike some other states where local income tax rates are uniform, county rates exhibit significant variation. As of 2023, the highest county income tax rate (3 percent in Pulaski County) is six times higher than the lowest county PIT rate (0.5 percent in Porter County).

How much is sales tax in Indiana? The base state sales tax rate in Indiana is 7%. Local tax rates in Indiana range from 7.00%, making the sales tax range in Indiana 7.00%.

Capital Gains Tax

Be prepared for tax consequences of selling your home, too. Any gain on a home sold after less than one year of ownership will be taxes as ordinary income. Gains on a home owned for more than one year but less than two years will be taxed at the applicable capital gains tax rate.

Property taxes in Indiana are paid in arrears and are typically due annually in two installments – May 10 and November 10. Assessment - The official act of discovering, listing and appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Today I'm answering your question, “Is Indiana a tax lien state?” The answer is yes! So how do Indiana tax liens work? Property owners who fail to pay property tax when levied by the county treasurer will be penalized. Treasurers levy tax, and that's followed by their attempt to collect property tax.

Generally, all sales of tangible personal property, including sales of construction material, are subject to Indiana sales tax, while sales of real property are not.