Posted on 04/25/2019 10:34:09 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Workers in Johnson County could have hundreds of additional dollars taken out of their paychecks annually to help pay for roadwork in the county and an expansion of the county jail — work expected to cost more than $130 million in the next five years.
The Johnson County Council unveiled an income tax increase proposal to fund $110 million in road, bridges and infrastructure improvements across the county, mainly due to the construction of Interstate 69, and an estimated $20 million jail expansion project that would address a frequently overcrowded jail that the state has ordered the county to fix.
The proposal lays out multiple income tax options the council is considering to meet the infrastructure and criminal justice center needs of the county. Currently, Johnson County workers pay a 1 percent income tax rate.
The tax hikes would be paid by people who live in the county. In all, a household with a combined income of $75,000 would pay about $380 to $429 more per year in the early years, before the rates begin to drop. Residents already pay a 1 percent local income tax. The proposals would increase that to about 1.5 percent, based on which options are chosen.
County officials are considering a mix of options that all include income tax increases, but the specific proposals differ in the amounts, whether other local governments would get any of the money and limitations on how the money can be used.
The proposals can be approved separately, as the jail funding and the roadwork funding are not tied, but county officials want the public to be aware of the coming needs and know that they are trying to look at the issues in their entirety and present the funding options that are best . . .
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The should hire Trump, on time and under budget.
Where is Johnson county?
I suppose using the prisoners to work as road crews to offset costs ware way out then?
Indiana?
Where is this anyway?
Why. Hold highways? There will be no cars to use them shortly and AOC says we have less than 12 years until s earth ends.
Fight it to the death. Taxation of one’s labor is theft.
Federal income tax,
State income tax,
County income tax,
City income tax,
Precinct income tax,
Special Tax Authority income tax
And maybe a HOA income tax?
Taxed Enough Already?
Exactly! More importantly, ask how are you going to pay for the housing, food, education, medical and other expenses of the millions of illegals coming into this country!
Indiana, just south of the Indianapolis metro.
State politicians to rob people to pay for jail project....
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