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A developer of affordable housing for low and moderate income persons has approached the City and County about an affordable housing project near the City’s downtown. The developer’s plan is to acquire and assemble two adjacent parcels—one owned by the City and one owned by the County—and then develop 20 units of affordable housing on that site.  There’s a catch: The developer has asked the City and County to provide the two parcels as a gift to the project.

When I decided to blog about the “statement of taxes due” required by G.S. 105-361, I assumed that tax offices were issuing them all of the time.

When I decided to blog about the “statement of taxes due” required by G.S. 105-361, I assumed that tax offices were issuing them all of the time.

UPDATE: A draft version of this blog post was published by accident earlier today. Please disregard that post. It contains incomplete information. The following is the final version of the blog post.

UPDATE: A draft version of this blog post was published by accident earlier today. Please disregard that post. It contains incomplete information. The following is the final version of the blog post.

September 1 is just a few days away, which means the end of discounts for 2016 taxes is also just a few days away.  Seems like a perfect time to cover the basics of one of the Machinery Act’s most taxpayer-friendly provisions. What’s a discount?

September 1 is just a few days away, which means the end of discounts for 2016 taxes is also just a few days away.  Seems like a perfect time to cover the basics of one of the Machinery Act’s most taxpayer-friendly provisions. What’s a discount?

Property owned by a government—local, state, or federal—is exempt from property taxes in North Carolina.  That’s one of the most simple, straightforward provisions in the entire Machinery Act. (You can find it in G.S. 105-278.1).  So why do we need to spend an entire blog post talking about government property?

Property owned by a government—local, state, or federal—is exempt from property taxes in North Carolina.  That’s one of the most simple, straightforward provisions in the entire Machinery Act. (You can find it in G.S. 105-278.1).  So why do we need to spend an entire blog post talking about government property?

Your dog, Duke, is outside in the yard and has an unexpected encounter with a raccoon. The raccoon bit Duke and there is a small break in the skin on his leg. At this point, the public health system’s rabies prevention and control laws and programs are set in motion. This post briefly walks through the legal framework for responding to suspected rabies exposures, including issues such as booster shots, euthanasia, and confinement.