Twin Lakes School Corporation    
  November 2024 Operating Referendum    
  Carroll and White Counties    
                         
  How to find your Gross Assessed Value:               
  CARROLL COUNTY RESIDENTS - Click HERE to access the Carroll County Assessor's website to find your Property Record Card.  
  WHITE COUNTY RESIDENTS - Click HERE to access the White County Assessor's website to find your Property Record Card.  
  3. Find your property by searching address, name, or parcel number    
  4. Refer to your most recent Total Valuation (Land & Improvement)    
                         
    Estimated Impact of the Proposed School's Operating Referenda      
                         
                         
  Enter Gross Assessed Value Estimated Cost of Operating Referenda    
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  Notes:                      
  1 Real property assessments are adjusted annually due to changes in market conditions.  The referenda liability will change in relation to changes in parcel gross assessed values.    
  2. Homestead parcels are assumed to have homestead, supplemental homestead and mortgage deductions. Does not include changes from House Bill 1499 for tax years 2025 and 2026    
  3. For simplicity, local income tax property tax credits, 65 and over, blind/disabled, disabled veteran, or solar/wind/geothermal device credits have NOT been included in the tax calculator estimate and your actual tax bill may be less than what is estimated in the calculator.    
  4. The State of Indiana currently assesses farmland using a base rate calculated by the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF).  The base rate is updated on a yearly basis.  For taxes payable in 2024, the base rate was set at $1,900 per acre.  For taxes payable in 2025, the base rate is being increased to $2,280 per acre.      
    Unlike property taxes paid on homesteads, there are no additional deductions for taxes paid on farmland.    
    To calculate the potential impact of the operating referendum on farmland for taxes payable in 2025, the calculation is the base rate ($2,280), multiplied by the amount of the operating referendum ($0.2500), multiplied by the number of acres owned, and then divided by $100 (taxes are paid per $100 of taxable value).    
    For example, a taxpayer who owns 100 acres would see a $570 impact for taxes payable in 2025.  $2,280 x $0.2500 x 100 acres / $100.    
    For more information of the farmland base rate, please visit https://www.in.gov/dlgf/assessments/agricultural-land-assessments/    
  5. The tax liability is based on an 8 year operating referenda. At the end of the 8 years, this referenda will expire.