Fort Wayne Community Schools superintendent Wendy Robinson may be in violation of Indiana Code 6–1.1–5.5–10. According to the Department of Local Government Finance web site, Robinson own two Fort Wayne properties and has claimed a homestead exemption on both.
The first property is located at 1536 Woodland Crossing, Fort Wayne, IN 46825. Also listed as an owner is her husband Jim. The second property is located at 5420 Smith Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46806. Also listed as owner is her Mother, Lorene Sanders-Jones.
Wendy Y Robinson is listed as a taxpayer on both properties. According to the Allen County Property Tax gateway, the exemptions are $48,000 and $25,500 respectively.
| COUNTY NUMBER | 02 |
| COUNTY NAME | Allen |
| PARCEL NUMBER | 020701280012000073 |
| OWNER NAME | ROBINSON JAMES A & WENDY Y |
| PROPERTY ADDRESS | 1536 WOODLAND CRSG |
| PROPERTY ADDRESS CITY | FT WAYNE |
| PROPERTY ADDRESS ZIP CODE | 46825 |
| PROPERTY CLASS CODE | 510 |
| PROPERTY CLASS | Residential One Family Dwelling on a Platted Lot |
| STATE ASSIGNED DISTRICT NUMBER | 073 |
| OWNER STREET ADDRESS OR PO BOX | 1536 WOODLAND CRSG |
| OWNER ADDRESS CITY | FORT WAYNE |
| OWNER ADDRESS STATE | IN |
| OWNER ADDRESS ZIP CODE | 46825-7223 |
| TAXPAYER NAME | ROBINSON JAMES A & WENDY Y |
| TAXPAYER STREET ADDRESS | 1536 WOODLAND CROSSING |
| TAXPAYER CITY | FORT WAYNE, IN |
| TAXPAYER STATE | |
| TAXPAYER ZIP CODE | 46825-0000 |
| AUDITOR PARCEL | 020701280012000073 |
| PARCEL FILE DATE | 05/11/2007 |
| TAX BILL FILE DATE | 09/13/2007 |
| COUNTY NUMBER | 02 |
| COUNTY NAME | Allen |
| PARCEL NUMBER | 021224451010000074 |
| OWNER NAME | ROBINSON WENDY Y & SANDERS-JONES LORENE B |
| PROPERTY ADDRESS | 5420 SMITH ST |
| PROPERTY ADDRESS CITY | |
| PROPERTY ADDRESS ZIP CODE | |
| PROPERTY CLASS CODE | 510 |
| PROPERTY CLASS | Residential One Family Dwelling on a Platted Lot |
| STATE ASSIGNED DISTRICT NUMBER | 074 |
| OWNER STREET ADDRESS OR PO BOX | 5420 SMITH ST |
| OWNER ADDRESS CITY | FORT WAYNE |
| OWNER ADDRESS STATE | IN |
| OWNER ADDRESS ZIP CODE | 46806-5173 |
| TAXPAYER NAME | ROBINSON WENDY Y & |
| TAXPAYER STREET ADDRESS | 5420 SMITH ST |
| TAXPAYER CITY | FORT WAYNE, IN |
| TAXPAYER STATE | |
| TAXPAYER ZIP CODE | 46806-5173 |
| AUDITOR PARCEL | 021224451010000074 |
| PARCEL FILE DATE | 05/11/2007 |
| TAX BILL FILE DATE | 09/13/2007 |
I spent a great deal of time reading Indiana House Bill 1293 and started getting a headache. However, I could not find where if you are a joint owner on two properties, you’re allowed multiple exemptions. Any realtors care to offer their 2 cents? Kalb? 
Another FWCS employee, Rebecca Rutkowski works in the FWCS purchasing department. Her and husband Richard own three properties according to the DGLF web site, and have filed for three Homestead Exemptions.
Homestead Header
Detail 02 Allen 021111353014000075
RUTKOWSKI RICHARD A & REBECCA L 2630 COVINGTON WOODS BLVD FORT WAYNE 46804Detail 02 Allen 021215228007000074
RUTKOWSKI RICHARD A & REBECCA L 2838 THOMPSON AV 517Detail 02 Allen 021223232003000074
RUTKOWSKI RICHARD ALAN & REBECCA LO 4413 WILMETTE ST 662
Must be catchy, eh?
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I believe Phil GiaQuinta authored HB1293. If I remember right from Phil’s mailing it goes from a Class A Misdemeanor to a Class C Felony. Big brother Mark might be making big bucks by defending Wendy. It’s really sickening that people like this are cheating on their taxes and then are crying that FWCS needs more money. Like Leona Heimsley said “only little people pay taxes.”
After researching, the first home can have a homestead credit of $38,000 and each and every other home can have only a $7,500 credit.
Indiana property taxes are changing at a fast rate and many laws are influx. A call to the Department of Local Government Finance might help to explain the $48,000 and $25,000 respectively. I can not see the official tax credit for each property or explain the year homestead credit was applied to.
I was always under the impression that the HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION applied ONLY to the house you were LIVING IN (that’s why it’s your “homestead”).
Then again, logic doesn’t seem to hold court all that much in THIS city.
That would give all those deadbeat landlords on the southside a ton of cash back, wouldn’t it?
That would explain a LOT.
B.G.
I did not get any homestead exemption on a house adjacent to the house I live in, despite I did not max the exemption. I was told clearly that, in order to be qualified for the exemption, exemption only applies to the house one lives in or by combining “adjacent” properties into one.
This could be Mrs. Robinson’s defence: Her husband lives in one house, and pays taxes on it. She lives in the other, and pays taxes on it.