Tag Archives: corporations

WFHB Local News – March 27th, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:00 — 37.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, March 27th. Later in the program, candidates for the Monroe County Council-At Large race faced off in a forum discussing the new jail, the cost of childcare, affordable housing and more. More in today’s headlines. Also coming up in the next …

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Big Box Stores Benefit From Broken Tax System

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:35 — 4.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBig Box retailers aren’t paying their fair share of taxes. Monroe County Tax Assessor Judy Sharp said local officials are getting tied up at state courts, when large corporations appeal the assessed tax value on their properties. Sharp said that can cost the county millions of dollars, …

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Corporate Chains Tying Up County Tax Assessor

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:51 — 6.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Tax Assessor’s office says the Lowe’s, Target and Menard’s corporations are tying up her office, in challenges to the assessed tax values of their businesses. This morning, The Monroe County Assessor told Monroe County Commissioners that corporations are trying to cut the assessed tax …

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IU Foundation Using Federal Tax-Avoidance Scheme

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:13 — 2.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA New York Times article released this afternoon alleges the Indiana University Foundation off-shored assets in the Cayman Islands, in a federal tax avoidance scheme. The Times piece sources leaks from a Bermuda-based law firm called Appleby. A source from the firm has been at the center …

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