The Indy Star has an article entitled Judge asked to decide on refunding tax bills discussing the Marion County lawsuit filed by county taxpayers with respect to property taxes. I think it’s a class action suit — though, I’d welcome correction if I’m wrong about that. The main issue in the suit was made moot by the DLGF’s decision to reassess the county and, for the time being, to pay taxes at the 2006 level.
Lawyers for the Plaintiffs requested that the suit be extended to request refunds for those taxpayers who have already paid tax at the 2007 level. Apparently the plan currently is to count over-payments as credits on the second tax installment in the fall.
Just a mercenary lawyer thinking out loud here, but I wonder if the desire for refunds instead of credits has anything to do with the potential fee that could be enjoyed by counsel for the Plaintiffs. Seems like it would be harder to get a cut of property tax credits than it would be to get a piece of a bunch of property tax refunds. But, maybe I’m just showing my ignorance here — I don’t know much at all about fee arrangements in class action suits.
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