Welcome to the Allen County Auditor's Office!

The Auditor is the Chief Financial Officer of the County. The staff is responsible for handling all receipts and disbursements of county funds, creating financial statements for the county, completing annual reports for review by the State Board of Accounts, and processing payroll for over 1,800 county employees.

Additionally, the office handles all transfers of ownership of real property, preserves the plat maps on the County GIS system, calculates property tax for all real, personal, mobile home, drainage and special assessment records, controls distributions of tax collections, special assessments, and special revenue collections for all units of government within Allen County, including the Cities of Fort Wayne and New Haven and all four school districts.

The Auditor also serves as the Secretary to County Council. The Auditor maintains all budgets, salary ordinances, additional appropriations, transfers, and abatement applications as well as the minutes of all County Council proceedings. 

Homestead Verification

Are you currently receiving a homestead deduction?  If so, have you completed your Homestead Verification?  If you would like to check whether our office has received your Homestead Credit Verification, please visit our Public Access Tax Information site by clicking the following link: 

Public Access Tax Information   

Please follow the intructions provided on the site to search for your property.  Upon retrieving your property information, their will be a field on the main page titled "Homestead Verification Filed" with a corresponding "Yes" or "No" depending on whether our office has received your verification.

If you have not completed your Homestead Verification, please click on the link below for more information.  If you have any questions please contact our office at the contact information listed on the left side of this page. 

 Homestead Verification

Homestead Deduction

Please click the following link to access the Homestead Deduction information and application:

Homestead Deduction

Mortgage Deduction

Please click the following link to access the Mortgage Deduction information and application: 

Mortgage Deduction  

Senior Citizen Property Tax Deduction  

Please click the following link to acces the Senior Citizen Deduction information and application:

Senior Citizen Property Tax Deduction  

For information about all other property tax deductions please click here: Deductions

NEW!!  Electronic Billing

If you would like to sign up to receive your property tax bills electronically by email, please click here: Sign up for Electronic Billing!

Mission Statement

It is the highest goal of the Allen County Auditor to consistently provide professional and courteous service to the public in a timely manner.  We are committed to providing accurate accounting, reporting, and auditing services to citizens and governmental taxing units in accordance with federal, state, and local laws in an efficient and cost effective manner.