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Dearborn Co. Tax Increase Could Be Voted On Wednesday

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 8:26 AM

By Mike Perleberg @mikedup84

Dearborn County Council will meet at 6:30 p.m.

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(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) - An income tax increase for people who earn their paycheck in Dearborn County could be voted on Wednesday.

Dearborn County Council is due to meet for a public hearing on a proposed increase in the local income tax. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Dearborn County Government Center in Lawrenceburg.

The proposed increase would double the county’s local option income tax to 1.2 percent.

Dearborn County’s current income tax rate of 0.6 percent is the second-lowest in Indiana. It has not been increased in more than 30 years.

Read more about the proposed income tax increase here.

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