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Add Indiana supplemental homestead credit (SEA 1, 2025)#8997

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Adds Indiana's Supplemental Homestead Credit, created by Senate Enrolled Act 1 (2025) (P.L.68-2025), SEC. 74, adding IC 6-1.1-20.6-7.7.

The credit is the lesser of 10% of the homestead property tax liability or $300, for property taxes first due and payable in 2026 and after. There is no age or income limit; it applies to owner-occupied homesteads. It is modeled as min(0.10 × real_estate_taxes, $300), so renters (with no real estate taxes) receive $0.

Changes

  • New variable in_supplemental_homestead_credit (TaxUnit, defined_for = StateCode.IN) = min(rate × real_estate_taxes, cap).
  • New parameters under gov.states.in.tax.property.supplemental_homestead_credit: rate (10%) and cap ($300), both from 2026.
  • Wired into the 2026 block of state_property_tax_credits.yaml, alongside the existing in_over_65_property_tax_credit.

Scope

SEA 1 created several property-tax credits. This PR adds the flagship supplemental homestead credit (universal to homesteaders, no income test). For context on the others:

  • The Over-65 $150 credit (IC 6-1.1-51.3-1) is already implemented as in_over_65_property_tax_credit (Add Indiana over-65 property tax credit #8308).
  • The Blind/Disabled $125 credit (IC 6-1.1-51.3-2) is a possible follow-up.
  • The SEA 1 veteran credits were repealed by HEA 1427-2025 (veterans keep their pre-existing deductions), so they are intentionally not modeled.

Tests

in_supplemental_homestead_credit.yaml covers: below-cap ($2,000 → $200), the $3,000 liability boundary (→ $300 cap), above-cap ($5,000 → $300), renter with no property tax (→ $0), and non-IN resident (→ $0).

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Senate Enrolled Act 1 (2025), SEC. 74, adds IC 6-1.1-20.6-7.7, a
supplemental homestead credit equal to the lesser of 10% of the homestead
property tax liability or $300, for property taxes first due and payable in
2026 and after. There is no age or income limit; it applies to owner-
occupied homesteads.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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