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Author: School of Government ITD Applications Team

How far will your tax office go to fix mistakes caused by taxpayers? Consider the situation in which a taxpayer mistakenly makes a payment on property owned by another party.  The tax office applies the payment as instructed.  Later, the taxpayer or the tax office discovers the mistake. Can the tax office move the payment to the correct property?

Starting now, many, but not all, local government employees are eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations.  In an earlier blog post, I outlined North Carolina’s vaccination priority plan. The state has made changes to the plan to align it more closely with the Centers for Disease Control’s recommendations and with the realities of vaccine availability.

Starting now, many, but not all, local government employees are eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations.  In an earlier blog post, I outlined North Carolina’s vaccination priority plan. The state has made changes to the plan to align it more closely with the Centers for Disease Control’s recommendations and with the realities of vaccine availability.

On December 20, 2020, I published the Coates Canons blog post May a Public Employer Require Vaccination Against COVID-19? Toward the end of the post, I outlined the priority phases of North Carolina’s COVID-19 vaccination plan, highlighting where public employees likely fell. Subsequently, in response to new guidance from the CDC, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) revised its vaccine prioritization plan and I updated that post on January 4.