INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new study of Indiana’s business tax structure suggests the state’s tax code discourages the small, home-grown businesses often considered the engines of job creation.

The Ball State University study found several tax code inequities that result in larger, service-oriented businesses paying almost uniformly a smaller share of total revenue in state taxes than smaller, manufacturing-based firms.

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