(a) An applicant must provide a statement of benefits to the designating body. The applicant must provide the completed statement of benefits form to the designating body before the hearing specified in section 2.5(c) of this chapter or before the installation of the new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment for which the person desires to claim a deduction under this chapter. The department of local government finance shall prescribe a form for the statement of benefits. The statement of benefits must include the following information:

1. (1) A description of the new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment that the person proposes to acquire. A statement of benefits for new farm equipment must describe each piece of new farm equipment with sufficient detail to afford identification.

2. (2) With respect to:

   1. (A) new manufacturing equipment not used to dispose of solid waste or hazardous waste by converting the solid waste or hazardous waste into energy or other useful products; and

   2. (B) new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment;

      an estimate of the number of individuals who will be employed or whose employment will be retained by the person as a result of the installation of the new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment and an estimate of the annual salaries of these individuals.

3. (3) An estimate of the cost of the new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment.

4. (4) With respect to new manufacturing equipment used to dispose of solid waste or hazardous waste by converting the solid waste or hazardous waste into energy or other useful products, an estimate of the amount of solid waste or hazardous waste that will be converted into energy or other useful products by the new manufacturing equipment.

   The statement of benefits may be incorporated in a designation application. Notwithstanding any other law, a statement of benefits is a public record that may be inspected and copied under IC 5-14-3-3 .

(b) The designating body must review the statement of benefits required under subsection (a). The designating body shall determine whether an area should be designated an economic revitalization area or whether the deduction shall be allowed, based on (and after it has made) the following findings:

1. (1) Whether the estimate of the cost of the new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment is reasonable for equipment of that type.

2. (2) With respect to:

   1. (A) new manufacturing equipment not used to dispose of solid waste or hazardous waste by converting the solid waste or hazardous waste into energy or other useful products; and

   2. (B) new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment;

      whether the estimate of the number of individuals who will be employed or whose employment will be retained can be reasonably expected to result from the installation of the new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment.

3. (3) Whether the estimate of the annual salaries of those individuals who will be employed or whose employment will be retained can be reasonably expected to result from the proposed installation of new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment.
4. (4) With respect to new manufacturing equipment used to dispose of solid waste or hazardous waste by converting the solid waste or hazardous waste into energy or other useful products, whether the estimate of the amount of solid waste or hazardous waste that will be converted into energy or other useful products can be reasonably expected to result from the installation of the new manufacturing equipment.
5. (5) Whether any other benefits about which information was requested are benefits that can be reasonably expected to result from the proposed installation of new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment.

6. (6) Whether the totality of benefits is sufficient to justify the deduction.

   The designating body may not designate an area an economic revitalization area or approve the deduction unless it makes the findings required by this subsection in the affirmative.

(g) and section 15 of this chapter, an owner of new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment whose statement of benefits is approved is entitled to a deduction from the assessed value of that equipment for the number of years determined by the designating body under section 17 or 18 of this chapter. Except as provided in subsection (d) and in section 2(i)(3) of this chapter, and subject to subsection (g) and section 15 of this chapter, the amount of the deduction that an owner is entitled to for a particular year equals the product of:

1. (1) the assessed value of the new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment in the year of deduction under the abatement schedule established under section 17 or 18 of this chapter; multiplied by
2. (2) the percentage prescribed by the designating body under section 17 or 18 of this chapter.
3. (d) With respect to new manufacturing equipment and new research and development equipment installed before March 2, 2001, the deduction under this section is the amount that causes the net assessed value of the property after the application of the deduction under this section to equal the net assessed value after the application of the deduction under this section that results from computing:
4. (1) the deduction under this section as in effect on March 1, 2001; and
5. (2) the assessed value of the property under 50 IAC 4.2, as in effect on March 1, 2001, or, in the case of property subject to IC 6-1.1-8 , 50 IAC 5.1, as in effect on March 1, 2001.

6. (e) The designating body shall determine the number of years the deduction is allowed under section 17 or 18 of this chapter. Except as provided by section 18 of this chapter, the deduction may not be allowed for more than ten (10) years. This determination shall be made:

   1. (1) as part of the resolution adopted under section 2.5 of this chapter; or

   2. (2) by resolution adopted within sixty (60) days after receiving a copy of a property owner's certified deduction application from the county auditor. A certified copy of the resolution shall be sent to the county auditor.

      A determination about the number of years the deduction is allowed that is made under subdivision (1) is final and may not be changed by following the procedure under subdivision (2).

7. (f) The owner of new manufacturing equipment that is directly used to dispose of hazardous waste is not entitled to the deduction provided by this section for a particular assessment year if during that assessment year the owner:

   1. (1) is convicted of a criminal violation under IC 13 , including IC 13-7-13-3 (repealed) or IC 13-7-13-4 (repealed); or
   2. (2) is subject to an order or a consent decree with respect to property located in Indiana based on a violation of a federal or state rule, regulation, or statute governing the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous wastes that had a major or moderate potential for harm.

8. (g) For purposes of subsection (c), the assessed value of new manufacturing equipment, new farm equipment, new research and development equipment, new logistical distribution equipment, or new information technology equipment that is part of an owner's assessable depreciable personal property in a single taxing district subject to the valuation limitation in IC 6-1.1-3-29 or IC 6-1.1-8-45 is the product of:

   1. (1) the assessed value of the equipment determined without regard to the valuation limitation in IC 6-1.1-3-29 or IC 6-1.1-8-45 ; multiplied by

   2. (2) the quotient of:

      1. (A) the amount of the valuation limitation determined under IC 6-1.1-3-29 or IC 6-1.1-8-45 for all of the owner's depreciable personal property in the taxing district; divided by

      2. (B) the total true tax value of all of the owner's depreciable personal property in the taxing district that is subject to the valuation limitation in IC 6-1.1-3-29 or IC 6-1.1-8-45 determined:

         1. (i) under the depreciation schedules in the rules of the department of local government finance before any adjustment for abnormal obsolescence; and

         2. (ii) without regard to the valuation limitation in IC 6-1.1-3-29 or IC 6-1.1-8-45 .

            As added by Acts 1981, P.L.72, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.71-1983, SEC.5; P.L.82-1987, SEC.3; P.L.56-1988, SEC.6; P.L.3-1989, SEC.37; P.L.56-1991, SEC.2; P.L.42-1992, SEC.3; P.L.65-1993, SEC.5; P.L.25-1995, SEC.20; P.L.1-1996, SEC.40; P.L.4-2000, SEC.6; P.L.178-2002, SEC.17; P.L.90-2002, SEC.120; P.L.1-2003, SEC.22; P.L.245-2003, SEC.8; P.L.256-2003, SEC.3; P.L.97-2004, SEC.20; P.L.64-2004, SEC.7 and P.L.81-2004, SEC.51; P.L.154-2006, SEC.27; P.L.137-2007, SEC.3; P.L.219-2007, SEC.31; P.L.3-2008, SEC.36; P.L.146-2008, SEC.122; P.L.173-2011, SEC.6; P.L.6-2012, SEC.41; P.L.288-2013, SEC.10; P.L.80-2014, SEC.3; P.L.8-2022, SEC.5; P.L.68-2025, SEC.53.