Released: 2/10/2009
Author(s): Dick M. Carpenter II, John K. Ross
Indiana has a long history of embracing tax credits to achieve desirable public policy goals, according to a report released today by Indiana's Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and the DC-based Institute for Justice. The report also finds that Indiana's system of tax credits, which allow religious institutions to benefit and which encourage extensive private investment in numerous social needs, has little fiscal impact on the state budget.