Taxes in Columbus
Columbus's tax picture layers Bartholomew County's real local income tax onto Indiana's flat state rate, plus a property tax rate that runs modestly above the national median.
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Learn moreA real combined income tax rate
Bartholomew County's real 1.75% local income tax layers onto Indiana's flat 2.95% state rate, for an approximate combined 4.70% -- confirm the current rate directly with the Indiana Department of Revenue.
Property tax modestly above the national median
Columbus's effective property tax rate ran 1.12% per Ownwell -- above the 1.02% national median, though the City of Columbus's own certified rate (2.5619 per $100 assessed value) is subject to Indiana's statewide Circuit Breaker cap.
Indiana's simple, uniform sales tax applies
Indiana's uniform 7% statewide sales tax applies in Columbus, with no local add-on -- see indiana.js for the full structure.
Key takeaways
- Columbus's combined state-plus-county income tax rate runs approximately 4.70%.
- Columbus's effective property tax rate (1.12%) runs modestly above the national median.
- Indiana's uniform 7% statewide sales tax applies, with no local add-on.
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