HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-05-2008-4cORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 5, 2008
Action Agenda
Item No. 4 -G
SUBJECT: Applications for Property Tax Exemption/Exclusion
DEPARTMENT: Assessor PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Smith, 245-2101
Exempt Status Resolution
Spreadsheet
Requests for Exemption/Exclusion
PURPOSE: To consider three (3) untimely applications for exemption/exclusion from ad
valorem taxation for the 2007 tax year.
BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statutes state that applications for exemption must be
filed during the normal listing period, which is during the month of January. NCGS 105-
282.1(a)(5) does allow some discretion. Upon a showing of good cause by the applicant for
failure to make a timely application, an application for exemption or exclusion filed after the
close of the listing period may be approved by the Department of Revenue, the board of
equalization and review, the board of county commissioners, or the governing body of a
municipality, as appropriate. An untimely application for exemption or exclusion approved, under
this subdivision applies only to property taxes levied by the county or municipality in the
calendar year in which the untimely application is filed.
One (1) applicant is applying for property tax exemption for a religious purpose. NCGS 105-
278.3 recognizes that buildings and the land they occupy shall be exempt from taxation if wholly
owned and exclusively used for religious purposes. Additionally, two (2) applicants are applying
for homestead exclusion based on NCGS 105-277.1, which allows exclusion of the greater of
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or fifty percent (50%) of the appraised value of the residence.
Based on the information supplied in the current application and the above referenced general
statutes the applicants can be approved for 2007. The opinion of the Assessor is that the
information provided to date satisfies the good cause requirement of NCGS 105-282.1(a)(5) and
that the three (3) properties should be approved for exclusion. One of the two (2) homestead
applicants gained knowledge of the benefit from inserts in the 2007 tax bills.
There are currently 1,970 parcels totally exempt from taxation. Additionally, with the approval of
the above two (2) homestead applications, there are 891 parcels receiving a homestead
exclusion for the 2007 tax year.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The reduction in the County's tax base associated with approval of the
exemption applications will result in a reduction of 2007 taxes due to the County, municipalities,
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and special districts in the amount of $3,174.28. For fiscal year 2007/2008, the total net
reduction in revenue for late homestead exclusions is $19,393.04.
RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the above listed applications for 2007
exemption be approved.
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NORTH CAROLINA
ORANGE COUNTY
EXEMPTION/EXCLUSION RESOLUTION
Whereas, North Carolina General Statutes 105-282.1 empowers the Board of County
Commissioners to approve applications for exemption after the close of the listing period, and
Whereas, good cause has been shown as evidenced by the information packet provided, and
Whereas, the Assessor has determined that the applicants could have been
approved for 2007 had applications been timely.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY THAT the properties applying for exemption for
2007 are so approved as exempt.
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 ,
2008.
Clerk to the Board of Commissioners
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How did you find out,bout this exemption?