Does Indiana have a good tax climate for businesses?

At the July 10th NCI WIRED meeting, Tim Cook and Lisa Leventhal of Katz, Sapper & Miller, a tax and accounting firm in Indianapolis, made a presentation on how tax and related issues impact the site selection process.  In particular, Tim and Lisa focused on the current tax climate in Indiana, and how it compares to the surrounding states of Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, and Ohio.  The presentation focused on the fact sensitive aspects of tax analysis, including how the structure of the company and its industry can produce completely different tax impacts for a company’s site selection decision.  Tim and Lisa also touched on the best practices they have seen used by effective state and local government economic development officials. 

The slide presentation used by Tim and Lisa is attached. 

A second document, an Indiana snapshot  or 'leadersheet' provided by the IEDC  was distributed at the meeting by WIRED.