Indiana U.S. Senate Candidate Caught Taking Double Homestead Exemptions; Says He Didn't Mean To, Agrees To Pony Up Unpaid Back Taxes

Buried at the end of a recent article, the Evansville (Indiana) Press & Courier reports:

• An Indianapolis television station reports that state treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock has taken more property tax breaks than allowed. WTHR-TV says Mourdock had a homestead exemption on a home in Evansville and a second one for an Indianapolis condominium, even though multiple homestead exemptions are not allowed.



• Mourdock says he filed a form to cancel one of the exemptions but learned this month that Marion County officials misplaced the form. He says he has since filled out another form to cancel the credit and has made arrangements to pay back taxes.



• Marion County Deputy Auditor Claudia Fuentes wrote in a memo this month that a previous owner applied for the deduction. Mourdock is a Republican seeking the U.S. Senate seat currently held by GOP Sen. Richard Lugar.

Source: Mourdock's taxes under scrutiny.