Title 6, TAXATION

Sec. 17. (a) Before an original tax appeal is filed with the tax court under IC 33-26, the commissioner, or the taxpayer rights advocate office to the extent granted the authority by the commissioner, may settle any tax liability dispute if a substantial doubt exists as to: (1) t…

Sec. 2. (a) The commissioner, with the governor's approval, may employ such individuals as are necessary to perform the various functions of the department. (b) The commissioner and the budget agency shall set the compensation for the department's employees. (c) Before January 1,…

Sec. 2.2. (a) This section does not: (1) apply to an otherwise lawful investigation concerning organized crime activities; or (2) prohibit, restrict, or prevent the exchange of information if a person is being investigated for multiple violations of IC 6-2.5 (state gross retail a…

Sec. 2.5. The department may not include the amount of revenue collected or tax liability assessed in the evaluation of an employee. As added by P.L.332-1989(ss), SEC.22. Amended by P.L.211-2007, SEC.40.

Sec. 2.6. The commissioner shall certify in the report submitted under IC 6-8.1-14-3 that the department is in compliance with section 2.5 of this chapter. As added by P.L.332-1989(ss), SEC.23.

Sec. 20. (a) The department shall enter a memorandum of understanding with the Indiana gaming commission authorizing the commission's unlawful gaming enforcement division to conduct actions to revoke retail merchant certificates under IC 6-2.5-8-7(a)(7) in the manner specified in…

Sec. 21. (a) As used in this section, "associate member" has the meaning set forth in bylaw 13(c) of the bylaws of the Multistate Tax Commission, as amended through October 17, 2002. (b) As used in this section, "biennium" means a period consisting of two (2) consecutive state fi…

Sec. 21.2. (a) This section applies after December 31, 2009. (b) As used in this section, "contractor" means: (1) a sole proprietor; (2) a partnership; (3) a firm; (4) a corporation; (5) a limited liability company; (6) an association; or (7) another legal entity; that engages in…

Sec. 23. The department shall, in coordination with the secretary of state, use the website established under IC 4-5-10 to share information with other state agencies and to provide a single point of contact for any person to accomplish the following: (1) Completing and submittin…

Sec. 24.5. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out a tax amnesty program under section 17 of this chapter. As added by P.L.213-2025, SEC.93.

Sec. 25. Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall deposit the amounts collected under a tax amnesty program carried out under section 17 of this chapter after June 30, 2025, in the same manner as a payment of the listed tax occurring during the fiscal year in which the…

Sec. 26. The department shall, before September 1 of each year, submit a report to the interim study committee on fiscal policy established by IC 2-5-1.3-4 summarizing the department's systems modifications concerning geographic information systems mapping of local income tax col…

Sec. 27. (a) The appropriate county officer, as designated by the county executive, in each county shall, before September 1, 2021, and before September 1 of every year thereafter, submit parcel level data, in a standard developed by the state GIS officer pursuant to IC 4-23-7.3-…

Sec. 28. (a) If the department determines that an amount of a listed tax has been distributed to a county, taxing district, or taxing unit in error or determines that all or part of the distribution was refunded subsequent to the distribution, the department shall notify the coun…

Sec. 29. (a) This section applies to tax receipts for adjusted gross income taxes due and owing for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2023. (b) The department shall annually provide to an individual who is a resident of Indiana who: (1) has an individual INTIME electron…

Sec. 3. (a) The department shall adopt, under IC 4-22-2, rules governing: (1) the administration, collection, and enforcement of the listed taxes; (2) the interpretation of the statutes governing the listed taxes; (3) the procedures relating to the listed taxes; and (4) the metho…

Sec. 3.5. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the department shall publish in the Indiana Register under IC 4-22-7-7 and make available for public inspection and copying under IC 5-14-3 information bulletins, revenue rulings (including, after complying with subsections (b) through (e)…

Sec. 4. The department has the sole authority to furnish forms used in the administration and collection of the listed taxes, including reporting of information in an electronic format. As added by Acts 1980, P.L.61, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.36-1984, SEC.2; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.248…

Sec. 5. All notices, summons, warrants, waivers, demands, or other documents requiring an authorizing signature by the department must be signed by the commissioner or his designee; and when that document is signed it is an official department document. As added by Acts 1980, P.L…

Sec. 6. (a) The department shall maintain, for a period of at least three (3) years, a record of all monies received and disbursed, and copies of all returns filed with the department. (b) The state board of accounts shall audit the department's record of receipts and disbursemen…

Sec. 7. (a) The department may enter into reciprocal agreements with the taxing officials of the United States government or with the taxing officials of other state governments to furnish and receive information relevant to the administration and enforcement of the listed taxes.…

Sec. 7.1. (a) As used in this section, "fiscal officer" means: (1) a fiscal officer (as defined in IC 36-1-2-7); and (2) in the case of a county, the county treasurer. (b) The department and the fiscal officer of an entity that has adopted an innkeeper's tax, a food and beverage …

Sec. 8. (a) The department may prescribe qualifications a person must have to represent a taxpayer before the department. However, a person may not represent a taxpayer before the department, unless: (1) the taxpayer is present at all times when the representation occurs; or (2) …

Sec. 8.5. (a) This section applies to a hearing conducted by the department under this article. (b) A hearing shall be conducted at a time and a location that is reasonable and convenient to the taxpayer whenever possible. (c) The department shall notify the taxpayer before the h…

Sec. 9. The state of Indiana shall provide suitable office space in Marion County, where the department shall maintain its primary offices. The department may rent, lease, or otherwise acquire additional office space at locations outside Marion County, if the department feels tha…

Sec. 1. Returns with respect to taxes imposed by this act shall be made by the following: (1) Every resident individual having for the taxable year gross income in an amount greater than the modifications provided under IC 6-3-1-3.5(a)(3) and IC 6-3-1-3.5(a)(4). (2) Every nonresi…

Sec. 1.5. (a) If a professional preparer files more than: (1) one hundred (100) returns in a calendar year before 2012; (2) fifty (50) returns in calendar year 2012; and (3) ten (10) returns in a calendar year after 2012; for persons described in section 1(1) or 1(2) of this chap…

Sec. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every partnership doing business in this state, every partnership any partner of which is a resident, and every partnership which has gross income derived from sources within this state, shall make a return for each taxable year …

Sec. 11. (a) A partnership as such shall not be subject to the adjusted gross income tax imposed by IC 6-3-1 through IC 6-3-7, except to the extent the partnership is an electing entity (as defined in IC 6-3-2.1-2) or the partnership has made an election to be taxed at the partne…

Sec. 12. (a) Every partnership shall, at the time that the partnership pays or credits amounts to any of its nonresident partners on account of their distributive shares of partnership income, for a taxable year of the partnership, deduct and retain therefrom the amount prescribe…

Sec. 13. (a) Every corporation which is exempt from tax under IC 6-3 pursuant to IC 6-3-2-2.8(2) shall, at the time that it pays or credits amounts to any of its nonresident shareholders as dividends or as their share of the corporation's undistributed taxable income, withhold th…

Sec. 13.5. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section: (1) "Initial recipient" means a person or entity to whom prize money is paid by a payor. (2) "Payor" means a promoter, sanctioning body, or designee of the promoter or sanctioning body that first pays prize m…

Sec. 14. (a) An affiliated group of corporations shall have the privilege of making a consolidated return with respect to the taxes imposed by IC 6-3. The making of a consolidated return shall be upon the condition that all corporations which at any time during the taxable year h…

Sec. 15. (a) A trust or estate shall, at the time that it distributes income (except income attributable to interest or dividends) to a nonresident beneficiary, deduct and retain therefrom the amount prescribed in the withholding instructions referred to in section 8 of this chap…

Sec. 15.1. For purposes of IC 6-3-4-12, IC 6-3-4-13, and IC 6-3-4-15, the department may: (1) prescribe procedures by which a pass through entity remits tax on behalf of partners, shareholders, and beneficiaries who are considered residents for purposes of those sections in the s…

Sec. 15.7. (a) The payor of a periodic or nonperiodic distribution under an annuity, a pension, a retirement, or other deferred compensation plan, as described in Section 3405 of the Internal Revenue Code, that is paid to a resident of this state shall, upon receipt from the paye…

Sec. 16. For individual income tax returns filed after December 31, 2010, the department shall develop procedures to implement a system of crosschecks between: (1) employer WH-3 forms (annual withholding tax reports) with accompanying W-2 forms; and (2) individual taxpayer W-2 fo…

Sec. 16.3. (a) For taxable years ending after December 31, 2021, a corporation other than a corporation described in IC 6-3-2-2.8(2) subject to tax under this article and that has more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in gross income (as defined in Section 61 of the Internal…

Sec. 16.5. (a) This section applies to: (1) Form W-2 federal income tax withholding statements; (2) Form W-2G certain gambling winnings; (3) Form 1099-R distributions from pensions, annuities, retirement or profit sharing plans, IRAs, insurance contracts, or like distributions; a…

Sec. 16.7. (a) For taxable years ending after December 31, 2019, a partnership that is required to provide twenty-five (25) or more schedules K-1 of form IT-65 to partners or a corporation that is required to provide twenty-five (25) or more schedules K-1 of form IT-20S to shareh…

Sec. 17. Beginning after December 31, 2010, the department and the office of management and budget shall: (1) develop a quarterly report that summarizes the amount reported to and processed by the department under section 4.1(c) of this chapter, section 15.7(a)(3) of this chapter…

Sec. 2. (a) If an individual is deceased, the return of such individual shall be made by the individual's executor, administrator, or other person charged with the property of such decedent. (b) If an individual is unable to make a return, the return of such individual shall be m…

Sec. 3. (a) Returns required to be made pursuant to section 1 of this chapter shall be filed with the department on or before the later of the following: (1) The 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable year. (2) For a corporation whose federal tax return i…

Sec. 4.1. (a) Any individual required by the Internal Revenue Code or this section to file estimated tax returns and to make payments on account of such estimated tax shall file estimated tax returns and make payments of the tax imposed by this article to the department at the ti…

Sec. 4.2. (a) The following apply for purposes of this section: (1) "Final tax liability" for a taxable year means the reported tax liability of a taxpayer, except that: (A) for purposes of determining the final tax liability for a previous taxable year of less than twelve (12) m…

Sec. 5. When a return of tax is required pursuant to sections 1 and 3 of this chapter, the taxpayer required to make such return shall, without assessment or notice and demand from the department, pay such tax to the department at the time fixed for filing the return without rega…