Steuben Co. Auditor
317 S. Wayne St. Suite 2J. Angola IN, 46703
Kim Koomler

Office Hours: 8-4:30 M-F Closed Saturday
Office Phone: 219-668-1000 Ext. 1200

Accounts Payable: Ext. 1208
Exemptions & Deductions: | Ext. 1210

Auditor Duties

I. Secretarial


Secretary to:
County Commissioners
County Council
Board of Review
State Tax Adjustment Board
County Drainage Board
Secretary/Chairman to Data Board
Record Change of Venues
Telephone Repair Calls and News Services
Annual Office Supply Bids
Prepare/Distribute Agendas
Reassessment Notices and Schedules
Keeps all Official Records (i.e., Contracts, letters of credit, bonds, minutes, bids, and all correspondence, both Council and Commissioners)
Orders Supplies for Auditor's Office

II. Advertisement


Notice of all meetings: Council, Commissioners
Bids (Prepares and Distributes)
Budget Rates
Poor Relief
County Sale
Payroll Claims
Vendor Claims
Tax Sale
Ordinances
Highway Claims

III. Financial


Budget Preparation for Council
Drain Records for Payment/Adjustments
Tax Sale Appeals
Initial Determination of Tax Rates for County Unit
Preparation of CAFR
Bond Bank Application Borrowing
Additional Appropriations 
Transfer of Funds
Administers All Funds and Grants
Audit Claims
Bond Payments
Sells Aerial Plat Books
Fixed Assests
Insurance Ledger
Payroll
Employee Benefits
Personnel Files
Employee Service Record
Transfer Fee
Highway Checks
Jury Checks
Election Checks
Vacation and Sick Days
Welfare Checks
IV. Tax
Innkeepers Tax
T.I.F.
C.O.I.T. or C.A.G.I.T.
F.I.T.
Audits Treasurer's Books:
Wheel Tax 
Sur Tax
Excise Tax
Auto Rental & Aircraft Tax
Property Tax: Notification of Tax Board Hearings & Rate
Tax Adjustment Board - Tax Rate Chart for Publication (Proposed and Certified)
Budget Transfers and Additional
Tax Calculators
Tax Sale-Publication & Records of Sale, Deeds
Tax Abatement
Transmit Budget Orders and Tax Rates for all units of Government in County

V. Property Records


Certification of Maps
Map Billing
Evaluation Certificate
Exemptions - Homestead, Mortgage, Veteran, Age, Disability
Appeals - Forms 130s, 134
Maintains Subdivisions, Street Names, Splits, or Combinations
Certify Signatures for Petitions
Maintains Aerial Plat Book
Urban Enterprise Zones

VI. Personnel/Payroll


Employee Files
Service Record
Job Classification 
Wage Scale
Payroll
Prepares
Advertises
W-2's
W-4's
1099's
Taxes
Payment of Taxes to IRS, FICA Dept. of Revenue
Employee Benefits
Health Insurance
Cobra
Life Insurance
Section 125 Cafeteria Plan
PERF
Overtime
Poor Relief Checks & Records

VII. Abstract/Settlement


Distribution to Taxing Units
Abstract
Settlement Spread Sheet to State
Quiet using of All Receipts


Not only does the auditor work days, many meetings are at night.

Home