Publications

    Fiscal Policy Report 24 – The 2008 2009 Budget: Much More Than Meets the Eye      

    Monthly Budget Report: May, 2007      

    Budget Brief 2007:3 (April 24, 2007)

    Setting Fiscal Integrity Standards – Three Benchmarks: The Senate Budget      

    Information Brief 2007:2 (March 2007)

    How Much Government Do We Have in Indiana?      

    Budget Brief 2007:2 (March 6, 2007)

    Setting Fiscal Integrity Standards-Three Benchmarks:  The House of Representatives Budget

    Monthly Budget Report (January 31, 2007)

    Information Brief 2007:1 (February 5, 2007)
    IFPI Information Brief 2007:1 State and Local Taxes in Indiana: Did you know…?

    Budget Brief 2007:1 (January 19, 2007)
    Setting Fiscal Integrity Standards–Three Benchmarks...and a Reality Check for the Property Tax Debate

Government Efficiency Commission Report (November, 2006)

Report for Government Efficiency Commission, K-12 Subcommittee
Budget Brief 2006:2 (July 14, 2006)
Indiana's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Results: Restraint Leads to Opportunity

Presentation to Indiana School Officials (June 23, 2006)
Indiana's Fiscal Health: What Does the Future Hold?

Budget Brief 2006:1 (January 11, 2006)
Mid-Biennial Update: Message to Policymakers: Do No Harm

Property Tax Equalization Study (October 2005)
Property Tax Equalization Study Policy Report (5,569KB)   Click here for zip version (4,386KB) 

Executive Summary (618KB)

     Appendix A - Background Toolkit (1,108KB)

     Appendix B - Property Tax Assessment Summary (418KB)

     Appendix C - County-by-County Data (25,058KB)

     Appendix D - Sales Provenance, County-by-County (954KB)

     Appendix E - Sales Chasing Summary (371KB)

Fiscal Policy Bulletin 2005:1 (August 2005)
Closing the Books on Fiscal Year 2005

Budget Brief 2005:4 (May 12, 2005)
The 2006-2007 Enacted Budget: Epilog - A $24 Billion Gamble

Budget Brief 2005:3 (April 14, 2005)
The Senate Passed Budget Chapter 3: More Answers, Still More Questions

Report 23 (March 30, 2005)
The Teachers' Retirement Fund's Pension Stabilization Fund-A Trust Fund Insuring Indiana's Commitments
Executive summary

Budget Brief 2005:2 (February 25, 2005)
The House of Representatives Budget–Chapter 2

Budget Brief 2005:1 (January 28, 2005)
Governor Daniels’ First Budget: Defeating the Deficit–Chapter 1

Presentation to The Indiana House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee by Steve Johnson (Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute) and Bill Sheldrake (Policy Analytics, LLC)
Indiana's Fiscal Condition (1/5/2005)

Steve Johnson's Presentation to the Indiana Association of School Business Officials
Indiana’s Fiscal Condition: How We Got Here and Where We Are Going (12/8/2004)

Fiscal Policy Report 22 (November 2004)
Still Recovering From Recession: Indiana's Days of Reckoning
Executive Summary

Fiscal Policy Bulletin 2004:2 (October 2004)
IFPI Analysis of Proposed Constitutional Amendment (10/12/04)

Fiscal Policy Bulletin 2004:1 (July 2004)
Indiana's Fiscal Condition-Hard Questions, Tougher Decisions (July 2004) (302KB)
Tax Equalization Study Background Tool Kit (July 2004) (76KB)
Interim Property Tax Equalization Study Report (May 2004) (181KB)