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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 04-21-1998 - 8f1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. $-~ ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: Apri121, 1998 SUBJECT: Property Tax Releases DEPARTMENT: Assessor's Office ATTACHMENT(S): Resolution Individual Request PUBLIC HEARING: YES NO X BUDGET AMENDMENT NEEDED: YES NO X INFORMATION CONTACT: John Smith, Jr., ext 2101 TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 PURPOSE: To consider requests for property tax releases BACKGROUND: General Statute 105-381(b) Action of Governing Body -Upon receiving a taxpayers 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 current liability or notify the taxpayer in writing that no release or refund will be made. RECOMMENDATION: The manager recommends the attached release be approved. NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY RELEASE RESOLUTION Whereas, North Carolina General Statute allows for the creation adjustment of tax bills. and Whereas, tax bills related to properties listed in the attached spreadsheet require creation adjustment and Whereas, the appropriate statute for each creation/adjustment has been cited. Now, therefore, it is resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County that the recommended releases are approved. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the foregoing resolution was passed by the following votes: Ayes: Commissioners Noes: I, Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk to the Boazd 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 Boazd 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 Boazd, 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 proceedings. WITNESS my hand the corporate seal of said County, this day of 199_. 2 Clerk to the Boazd of Commissioners 3 REQUEST FOR BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY RELEASE DATE: Apri121, 1998 REF: Trains Cafe BILL #: 97265006 ACTION REQUESTED: Request release of 1997 tax notice because business was discovered and assessed based on G.S. 105-312, which assumes business has been there 5 years plus current year for a total of 6 years. Owner wrote letter to verify business had been there only since late 1995. Request release assessment for 1992 thru 1995. (Statutory basis for releases: G.S. 105-381(a}(1)b. An illegal tax. Bill Amount Before Release: $7,066.94 Bill Amount After Release: $2,071.55