This time of year, tax talk is focused on the feds and the state. But here’s the reality of what local government costs in North Carolina — in other words, the local tax and fee burden citizens face.
The average North Carolinian surrendered almost 5 percent of his personal income to fund city and county government in the 2008 budget year. That’s one of the key conclusions in the latest edition of By The Numbers, the John Locke Foundation’s yearly look at tax and fee collections by local government in North Carolina.
Here’s a look at how Triangle area cities and counties fare.
