Tax lists deadline looming in county
By From staff reports
Published in News on January 11, 2015 1:50 AM
The tax-listing period is under way through the end of the month.
There is a penalty for listing late -- 10 percent of the total amount due.
Anyone residing in the county on Jan. 1, whether temporarily or not, is required to make a return.
In lieu of filing a return, all businesses must file the required business listing from which the return will be completed.
All business listing forms must be sent directly to the tax department. All businesses with property in the county on Jan. 1 must make a return regardless of the residence of the owner or of the home office.
People may come into the tax office where staff will be available to assist with the listing. People who received a form are asked to bring it with them.
All real estate in the county is permanently listed and is automatically charged to the owner of record as of Jan. 1. As such, no form has to be listed on real estate, unless it has changed or the owner's address has changed since the previous Jan. 1.
Those changes could include such things as adding a building, some remodeling, or even having torn something down.
The tax-listing forms are mailed out by the county to people who listed personal property the previous year such as mobile homes, boats, motors, airplanes, jet skis and similar items.
People who are expecting a form, but have not yet received one, should contact the tax office at 919-731-1461.
If a person has purchased something like a mobile home during the previous year, he or she must come in this first year to get established. The county will send a listing for each year thereafter.