The University of Notre Dame and other nonprofit institutions in St. Joseph County, Ind., are receiving property-tax bills for the first time as local officials take a closer look at facilities previously considered tax-exempt, the South Bend Tribune reports.
Hamstrung by tight budgets and an Indiana state cap on property taxes, the county is now assessing levies on property owned by nonprofit groups but considered to be profit-making, such as the university’s bookstore and an on-campus restaurant. The South Bend school had previously paid taxes voluntarily on some off-campus properties it owns.






