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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-17-2009 - 4cORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: .February 17, 2009 Action Agenda Item No. ~ ~-~ SUBJECT: Motor Vehicle Property Tax Release/Refunds DEPARTMENT: Revenue/Tax Collector PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Resolution Release/Refund Data Spreadsheet Reason for Adjustment Summary INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Roberson, Revenue Director, 919-245-2727 PURPOSE: To consider adoption of a refund resolution related to 58 requests for motor vehicle property tax releases or refunds. BACKGROUND: GS 105-381(a)(1) allows a taxpayer to assert a valid defense to the enforcement of the collection of a tax assessed upon his/her property under three sets of circumstances: (a) "a tax imposed through clerical error", for example when there is an actual error in mathematical calculation; (b) "an illegal tax", such as when the vehicle should have been billed in another county, an incorrect name was used, or an incorrect rate code (the wrong combination of applicable county, municipal, fire district, etc. tax rates) was used; (c) "a tax levied for an illegal purpose", which would involve charging a tax which was later deemed to be impermissible under state law. GS 105-381(b), "Action of Governing Body" provides that "Upon receiving a taxpayer's written statement of defense and request for release or refund, the governing body of the taxing unit shall within 90 days after receipt of such a request determine whether the taxpayer has a valid defense to the tax imposed or any part thereof and shall either release or refund that portion of the amount that is determined to be in excess of the correct liability or notify the taxpayer in writing that no release or refund will be made". For classified motor vehicles, GS 105-330.2(b) allows for a full or partial refund when a tax has been paid and a pending appeal for valuation reduction due to excessive mileage, vehicle damage, etc. is decided in the owner's favor. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Approval of these release/refund requests will result in a net reduction of $2,866.30 to Orange County, the towns, and school and fire districts. Financial impact year to date for FY 2008-2009 is $28,791.81. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve the attached resolution approving 58 motor vehicle property tax release/refunds requested in accordance with North Carolina General Statutes. NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY REFUND RESOLUTION (Approval) Whereas, North Carolina General Statutes 105-381 and/or 330.2(B) allows for the refund of taxes when the Board of County Commissioners determines that a taxpayer applying for the refund has a valid defense to the tax imposed; and Whereas, the properties listed in each of the attached "Request for Property Tax Refunds" has been taxed; and Whereas, as to each of the properties listed in the Request for Property Tax Refunds, the taxpayer has timely applied in writing for a refund of the tax imposed and has presented a valid defense to the tax imposed as indicated on the Request for Property Tax Refunds. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY THAT the recommended property tax refund(s) are approved. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the foregoing resolution was passed by the following votes: Ayes: Commissioners Noes: I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing has been carefully copied from the recorded minutes of the Board of Commissioners for said County at a regular meeting of said Board held on ,said record having been made in the Minute Book of the minutes of said Board, and is a true copy of so much of said proceedings of said Board as relates in any way to the passage of the resolution described in said proceedings. WITNESS my hand and the corporate seal of said County, this day of Clerk to the Board of Commissioners Clerical Error 105-381 (a)(1)a.(INCORRECT RATE) Ilegal Tax 105-381(a)(1)b. Appraisal Appeal 105-330.2(8) BOCC REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT February 17, 2009 BILLING RATE ORIGINAL ADJUSTED FINANCIAL NAME 8 BILL NUMBER YEAR CODE VALUE Levy VALUE IMPACT REASON FOR ADJUSTMENT Andrews, Addison 2008102809 2008 00 17,420 15,330 -22.18 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Bergland, Gregory 2008124839 2008 26 9,450 5,859 -53.79 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Billings, Douglas 2008124883 2008 26 6,560 0 -98.27 Illegal Tax -County Changed to Alamance Bork, Benjamin 2008115772 2008 03 11,620 10,045 -16.54 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Bravo, Henry 2008115850 2008 22 12,040 10,015 -36.63 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Chepulskyy, Roman 2008116473 2008 22 2,130 1,065 -19.27 Appraisal Appeal -Repair Estimate Doyle, Brian James 2007140917 2007 16 16,690 0 -186.39 Illegal Tax- Military Exempt-Home of Record is NY Ducar, Christopher 2008117455 2008 02 2,680 0 -34.52 Illegal Tax -County Changed to Chatham Elias, Nicole 2008117614 2008 04 7,780 5,602 -28.82 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Ellis, Ray Fraser III 2008105559 2008 10 11,030 9,486 -16.06 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Farris, Timothy 2008117794 2008 22 13,040 10,954 -37.74 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Fjellstedt, Thorsten A 2008117932. 2008 22 11,160 9,374 -32.31 Appraisal Appeal-High Mileage French, Frank 2008118054 2008 17 18,040 0 -232.35 Illegal Tax -County Changed to Chatham French, Sherry 2008118055 2008 17 3,100 0 -39.93 Illegal Tax -County Changed to Chatham Greene, Stephen 2008118411 2008 21 21,112 17,987 -59.83 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Harding, Warren 2008118608 2008 22 8,990 0 -182.63 Illegal Tax - DMV Error Incorrect Record Sent Haydi, Ana 2008118710 2008 10 .2,300 1,021 -13.30 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage and Repair Estimate Holland, Joan 2008118933 2008 22 9,810 7,259 -46.15 Appraisal Appeal -High Milea e w January 1 st thru 31st, 2009 Clerical Error 105-381(a)(1)a.(INCORRECT RATE) I Ilegal Tax 105-381(a)(1 )b. Appraisal Appeal 105-330.2(B) BOCC REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT February 17, 2009 BILLING RATE ORIGINAL ADJUSTED FINANCIAL NAME & BILL NUMBER YEAR CODE VALUE Levy VALUE IMPACT REASON FOR ADJUSTMENT Huang, Zhiqing 2008119079 2008 21 6,120 5,545 -11.01 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Inselmann, Jared 2008107406 2008 04 10,660 9,381 -16.92 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage __ Inter Faith Council of Social Service 2008127977 2008 21 15,310 0 -323.07 Illegal Tax -Tax Exempt Johnson, Wade Oldham 2008119358 2008 18 89,010 80,109 -93.90 Appraisal Appeal-Purchase Price Paid Jordan, Richard 2008128213 2008 21 19,840 19,590 -4.78 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage _ Jordan, Richard 2008128214 2008 21 14,810 14,560 -4.78 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Katz,Richard D. 2008107780 2008 22 44,180 37,981 -112.15 Appraisal Appeal-Purchase Price Paid Krishnan, Vedamurthy 2008108070 2008 22 1,510 755 -13.64 Appraisal Appeal -Repair Estimate Lavani, Bhimjibhai 2008119877 2008 23 730 365 -6.08 Appraisal Appeal - Holds a Salvaged Title __ Mann, Robert Lee 200898121 2008 16 12,030 11,755 -2.94 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Margolis, Marybeth 2008128947 2008 17 18,210 15,260 -37.99 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Markel, Marilyn Wilson 2008120325 2008 22 5,020 3,417 -29.00 Appraisal Appeal -Repair Estimate Marks, Carl 2008120330 2008 16 9,450 4,725 -50.61 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage and Repair Estimate McCullough, Melissa 2008129117 2008 22 2,120 -35.99 Illegal Tax-Incorrect Rate Code McCullough, Melissa 2008129118 2008 22 15,510 -136.94 Illegal Tax-Incorrect Rate Code Mine, Mark 2008129350 2008 21 5,850 5,350 -9.57 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Mojica, Angelo 2008120804 2008 22 5,820 4,520 -23.51 Appraisal Appeal - Hi h Milea e January 1 st thru 31st, 2009 Clerical Error 105-381(a)(1)a.(INCORRECT RATE) Illegal Tax 105-381(a)(1)b. Appraisal Appeal 105-330.2(6) BOCC REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT February 17, 2009 BILLING RATE ORIGINAL ADJUSTED FINANCIAL NAME 8~ BILL NUMBER YEAR CODE VALUE Levy VALUE IMPACT REASON FOR ADJUSTMENT Moody, Cynthia 2008129395 2008 26 8,570 0 -128.38 Illegal Tax -County Changed to Alamance Morehouse, Kurt 2008120855 2008 22 7,040 6,195 -15.28 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Nichol, Gene 2008129611 2008 22 14,820 13,042 -32.16 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Pastrana, Shiela 2008121358 2008 22 11,190 10,540 -11.77 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage ___ Perkins, James Linwood 2000105721 2000 23 1,120 0 -26.30 Illegal Tax-Incorrect Rate Code Perkins, James Linwood 199985028 1999 23 910 0 -25.26 Illegal Tax-Incorrect Rate Code Perkins, James Linwood 2001122490 2001 23 2,470 0 -36.48 Illegal Tax-Incorrect Rate Code Perkins, James Linwood 200114369 2001 23 980 0 -24.20 Illegal Tax-Incorrect Rate Code Perkins, James Linwood 200188948 2001 23 1,340 0 -26.69 Illegal Tax-Incorrect Rate Code Phillips, Anneta 2008130006 2008 22 11,490 10,341 -19.17 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage __ __ Prisk, Thomas 2008130152 2008 09 12,830 10,160 -28.16 Appraisal Appeal-Purchase Price Paid _ Roberson, Joann 2008122048 2008 00 16,220 13,949 -24.10 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Saldana, Sofia 2008122250 2008 21 5,590 4,696 -17.11 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Schuster, Michael 2008122372 2008 23 5,770 4,530 -20.68 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Schuster, Michael 2008122373 2008 23 12,960 11,405 -25.94 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Shannon, Tayler 2008122460 2008 22 7,990 7,680 -5.60 Appraisal Appeal -Repair Estimate Shannon, Tayler 2008122460 2008 22 7,680 7,666 -0.26 Appraisal Appeal -Repair Estimate January 1stthru 31st, 2009 `J I Clerical Error 105-381(a)(1)a.(INCORRECT RATE) Ilegal Tax 105-381(a)(1 )b. Appraisal Appeal 105-330.2(6) BOCC REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT February 17, 2009 NAME 8~ BILL NUMBER BILLING YEAR RATE CODE ORIGINAL VALUE ADJUSTED Levy VALUE FINANCIAL IMPACT , REASON FOR ADJUSTMENT Squire, Pamela 2008122810 2008 19 6,570 0 -79.08 Illegal Tax - DMV Error Incorrect Record Sent Turrentine, Associates Inc. 2008123431 2008 15 4,613 1,275 -34.84 Appraisal Appeal-Purchase Price Paid Ward, Alfred 2008131925 2008 21 3,740 3,430 -5.93 Appraisal Appeal -Repair Estimate Yao, Tso 2008124219 2008 21 5,390 5,240 -2.88 Appraisal Appeal -High Mileage Yoder, Monte Lee 2008124248 2008 22 4,600 0 -103.22 Illegal Tax -Military-Leave and Earnings Statement Home of Record is FL Yoder, Monte Lee 2008132392 2008 22 4,600 0 -103.22 Illegal Tax -Military-Leave and Earnings Statement Home of Record is FL -2866.30 January 1stthru 31st, 2009 Military Leave and Earning Statement: Is a copy of a serviceman's payroll stub covering a particular pay period. This does list his home of record, which is his permanent state of residence where he would pay any state income taxes. Vehicle Titles Salvaged and Salvage Rebuilt: Any repairs that exceed 75% of the vehicle's market value using NADA, Kelly Blue Book and various other publications. When the insurance company has totaled the vehicle, and the customer has received the claim check, four things can happen: • Insurance company can keep the vehicle. • Customer can keep the vehicle. The customer is instructed to contact the local DMV inspector to have an initial inspection done, for vehicles 2001 to 2006 (these dates change yearly, example in 2007 the models will be 2002-2007). • Affidavit of Rebuilder- The inspector lists each part that needs to be repaired. • Final inspection- if all work is cleared and approved by the inspector then the rebuilt status is then removed (salvaged status remains). Note: Finance companies will not finance a salvaged vehicle. Total Loss: Repairs were more than the market value of the vehicle and the insurance company is unwilling to pay for the repairs. Total Loss/Rebuilt: Whatever the repairs were to make the vehicle road worthy after a Total Loss status has been given. Vehicle must be 5 years old or older. Vehicle status then remains as salvaged or rebuilt. Certificate of Reconstruction: When work has been done on (vehicles 2001-2006 in year 2006) this is issued when the inspector didn't see the original damaged and the vehicle has been repaired. Certificate of Destruction: NC DMV will not register this type of vehicle. It is not fit for North Carolina roads. Custom Built: When the customer has built this vehicle himself or herself. Ex. parts taken from various vehicles to build one vehicle. Three titles are required from the DMV in this case. 1) Frame 2) Transmission 3) Engine. Then an indemnity bond must be issued. An indemnity bond must also be issued when the vehicle does not have a title at all. Per Flora with NCDMV September 8, 2006 NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY -REFUND RESOLUTION (Approval) 2 Whereas, North Carolina General Statutes 105-381 and/or 330.2(B) allows for the refund of taxes when the Board of County Commissioners determines that a taxpayer applying for the refund has a valid defense to the tax imposed; and Whereas, the properties listed in each of the attached "Request for Property Tax Refunds" has been taxed; and Whereas, as to each of the properties listed in the Request for Property Tax Refunds, the taxpayer has timely applied in writing for a refund of the tax imposed and has presented a valid defense to the tax imposed as indicated on the Request for Property Tax Refunds. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY THAT the recommended property tax refund(s) are approved. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the foregoing resolution was passed by the following votes: Noes: I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Cazolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing has been carefully copied from the recorded minutes of the Boazd of CommissioneGr'~s for said County at a regular meeting of said Boazd held on ~ 2d v / ,said record having been made in the Minute Book of the minutes of said Board, and is a true copy of so much of said proceedings of said Boazd as relates in any way to the passage of the resolution described in said WITNESS~~m~y)h~and _t~• said County, this /day of 5Z ,c~_ ~,~~4 Clerlf to the