Jennings County set to have second-highest income tax rate in state

Eight Indiana county individual income tax rates will increase with the start of the new year. Jennings County is one of them. While other counties are seeing a larger year-to-year increase, Jennings County will have one of the highest tax rates in the state at 3.15 percent. That’s an increase of nearly 25 percent over the current county income tax rate of 2.5 percent. The Indiana Department of Revenue says only one Indiana county, Pulaski in the northwest corner of the state, has a higher county income tax rate. That stands at 3.38 percent.

The increase was approved earlier this year by Jennings County Council in an effort to fund a new jail. That vote was 4-3. Leaders say that there are no specific plans in place yet to actually build a new jail facility. This merely allows the county to capture funds for the project.

Other area counties’ 2019 income tax rates are unchanged and as follows:

Bartholomew – 1.75%
Brown – 2.52%
Decatur – 2.35%
Jackson – 2.1%
Johnson – 1.0%
Shelby – 1.5%