Local governments in Jackson County are among many in Indiana to receive a share of about $21.6 million in local income tax money the state collected but never distributed.

“The Seymour Tribune” is reporting that the Jackson County Auditor’s Office received just over 192-thousand dollars from the state last week in special local income tax money and distributed it to the county’s 33 taxing units.

State officials with the Indiana Department of Revenue and State Board of Accounts reported two problems that date back to the late 1990s were at the root of the need for the one-time payment. State officials recently discovered the problem while updating computer systems.

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