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Yearly Archives: 2021

How many taxpayers have asked you this question: “Can I get a partial refund on my property taxes if I sell the property in the middle of the year?”  The short answer is normally, “No, we don’t prorate property taxes.”  But that’s not the complete answer.
Under the Machinery Act (the odd name for the portion of North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 105 that governs local property taxes), property taxes are a bit like pregnancy; property is either taxable for the full year or it’s not taxable for any of the year. There is usually no in-between.

On August 13, 2020, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) published revisions to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 C.F.R. Part 200) (the “Uniform Guidance”).  Among other things, the revisions to the Uniform Guidance allow some non-Federal entities to raise, via annual self-certification, the generally applicable micro-purchase threshold of $10,000 to a “higher threshold consistent with State law.”