Marshall County has outsourced its tax bill preparation services.
During their Tuesday morning meeting, the Marshall County Commissioners reviewed a contract between the County and Thomson-Reuters for printing services on the property tax documents. Until Tuesday, Marshall County printed the documents in house.
Treasurer Penny Lukenbill says their printers are beginning to age, which may eventually lead to preparation problems.
“I’m getting a little nervous about that,” says Lukenbill. “We are the last department in the tax process. Everything has to go like clockwork. It has to go perfectly.”
Additional funding for contracting the services was approved by the Marshall County Council last week.
It cost Marshall County about $17-thousand to do the printing themselves, but costs will increase about $4-thousand each year. The hope is that using Thomson-Reuters’ services will speed the mailing process.
Lukenbill says it’s just a matter of giving the company access to taxing information.
“Thoms-Reuters will go into our system and download our tax information,” says Lukenbill. “Then there will be many tax affirmations along the way.”
The state of Indiana change the deadline that taxpayers must receive their property tax bill, putting additional pressure on the Treasurer’s office to finalize the process after receiving a review by the Marshall County Assessor and Auditor’s offices.
An abstract will be given to the county to track the data of their tax bill mailings. The Commissioners approved the contract, unanimously.
