Union County’s courthouse is more like a sauna than a courthouse. Air conditioning has been out for quite some time. And the affects of that is far more than just great discomfort and dangerous working conditions for the office holders and courthouse employees. The extreme heat and humidity are destroying the computers, servers and other …
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Innkeepers Tax Board forms in Union County and disburses $40,000 of its money
By John Estridge How long the tax has been collected in Union County, how the money is to be spent and other factors were very much up for debate during the initial meeting of the Union County Innkeepers Board. Thursday night, December 3, that meeting of the three-member Union County Innkeepers Board occurred in the …
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An analysis on the state’s Innkeepers Tax and specifically how it relates to Union County
By John Estridge (an analysis) Analysis Over the years, many, many county officials in Indiana have tried to understand the Indiana Code associated with the Innkeepers Tax. Even attorneys have admitted the wording is “clunky” or “dense” or other similar descriptive words. Ostensibly, the Innkeepers Tax is a good tax for local governmental officials to …