Cass County Auditor's Office
| General Info | |
|---|---|
| Department Head |
Cass County Auditor
Cheryl Alcorn |
| Contact Information |
Phone: (574) 753-7720 Fax: (574) 753-3512 |
| Location | Cass County Government Building
Room 105 • 200 Court Park Logansport, IN 46947 |
The county auditor is a constitutional office holder elected by voters of the county at large for a term of four years with prohibition against serving more than two consecutive terms. The auditor serves as secretary of the Board of County Commissioners
and secretary of the county council. A few technical duties include budget preparation, financial statement preparation, and compliance with federal tax guidelines and programs. The office of county auditor has evolved dramatically from a bookkeeper
and part-time secretary to a financial manager whose responsibilities impact the financial well-being of county government.
Auditor's Office News
NOTICE – Effective July 1, 2021
Pursuant to IC 6-1.1-5.5-4 Sales Disclosure Fee will increase to $20.00. A sales disclosure is a State Form 46021 that is completed for property transfers, both those that are transferred for valuable consideration and those that are the result of foreclosure, express threat of foreclosure, divorce, court orders, judgements, condemnation, or probate.
NOTICE - Effective July 1, 2019
Pursuant to IC 36-2-9-18, our endorsement fee will increase to $10.00 PER PARCEL PER DEED. Deed being defined as signed instrument containing some legal transfer, or contract; this includes: Land Contract, Affidavits, and any other legal instrument for which the Auditor make a real property endorsement. (refer to Ordinance 19-07 signed by the Cass County Board for Commissioners for details)
NOTICE - Effective October 1, 2014
The Auditor's Office will NO LONGER accept marriage licenses or death certificates to change title on real property. To change the Title on Real property requires one or more of the following three properly executed documents with legal descriptions:
DEEDS, AFFIDAVITS, COURT ORDERS - file stamped by Clerk's Office and SIGNED by JUDGE.
ATTENTION SEARCHERS
AUDITOR PUBLIC DOCUMENT CENTER (TRANSER RECORDS) - For researchers to access documents from the Auditor's office, we have launched the "Auditor Public Document Center". If you are looking for records that are not yet available online, please contact our office.
Tab Rate Chart 2021 payable 2022
Property Tax Deductions - File Online
Notice to tax payers: 2023 Budget Notice
2021 Sales Disclosure Form
Duties
Secretarial
- Secretary to County Commissioners and County Council
- Prepare and distribute meeting agendas
- Prepare and maintain meeting minutes
- Notification to all media of meetings; public and executive
Financial
- Annual budget preparation for Council
- Semi-annual distribution of property tax collections
- Preparation of County Annual Financial Report
- Annual preparation of Abstract of Property Taxes
- Quietus of all miscellaneous receipts
- Administer all county funds and grants
- Audit and process all expense claims
- Audit and process all payroll claims
- Additional appropriations
- Maintain various ledgers
- Tax sale redemption
- Tax sale surplus
- Surplus property tax
- Investment
- Drain maintenance
- Excise tax
- Fixed assets
Tax
- Preparation of annual proposed and adopted property tax rates
- Distribution of CAGIT and CEDIT taxes
- Maintain TIF district allocations
- Maintain and apply real estate tax abatements
- Process corrections to tax duplicate and issue refunds
- Tax Sale-publication, recording of sale, issuance of deeds
Property
- Maintain permanent record of all property owners
- Maintain plat maps in office and in GIS
- Accept documents for transfer and sales disclosure forms
- Assist public with filing of property tax deductions
- Homestead/Standard
- Age Over 65
- Blind/Disabled
- Disabled Veteran
Personnel
- Maintain all employee files and service records
- Annual preparation of W-2's, 1099's
- Remittance of all payroll taxes to federal and state governments
Fees
- Deed
- $10.00 per parcel per Deed**
- Sales Disclosure
- Exempt (1 signature) No Fee
- Non-Exempt $20.00
- Contract (Beginning)
- Sales Disclosure $20.00
- Stamp - Endorse
- Contract (Ending)
- Deed $10.00 per parcel per Deed**
- Non-Exempt (2 signatures)
- Affidavit of Survivorship
- $10.00 per parcel per Deed**
Property Deductions Available
Homestead
- If own property by 12/31/2022 and file by 12/31/2022, deduction will be on 22 pay 23 taxes.
Per HEA 1260, the MORTGAGE DEDUCTION has been removed in its entirety effective January 1, 2023.
Mortgage deductions will no longer be applied to property tax bills beginning with the 2023 PAY 2024 tax bill cycle. If you filed a new mortgage deduction based on a new mortgage recorded after December 31, 2021, you will not receive that deduction.
Instead the General Assembly has added $3,000 to the STANDARD Homestead deduction for 2023 PAY 2024 to offset the loss of the Mortgage Deduction.
The Standard Homestead Deduction will be the lesser of : (1) Sixty percent (60%) of the Homestead portion of the Assessed Value or (2) $48,000
Over 65
- Start January 1, 2023 for pay 2024
- Tax form filed 2023 for 2022 income
- Income Limits AGI Single - $30,000 Multiple Owners - $40,000
- Assessed Value Limit $240,000
- Deduction Value $14,000
- Meet qualifications - If 65 on or before 12/31/23, have owned property for at least one year, and file by 12/31/23 - deduction will be effective for 23 pay 24 taxes.
- Must bring proof
- Start January 1, 2023 for pay 2024
- Code 1 Assessed value limit $200,000
- Deduction Value $14,000
- Code 2 No Av Limit Deduction Value 24960
- Code 3 Av Limit $200,000 Total Deduction 38960
If you believe you are eligible for any property deductions, please call or visit the Auditors office. For 23 payable 24 taxes, deductions must be filed by December 31, 2023. A complete list of DED & QUALIFICATIONS is available at DLGF.IN.gov