Ind. Code § 36-7-27-2

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "base period amount" means the aggregate amount of covered local income taxes paid by employees employed in a tax area with respect to wages earned for work in the tax area for the state fiscal year that precedes the date on which the commission confirmed the resolution designating the tax area. However, the base period amount with respect to a tax area covered by section 11(c) of this chapter is zero (0).