The Fayetteville Observer republished an opinion piece by JLF’s Mitch Kokai on renewable energy tax credits. Kokai writes: “For roughly two decades, state law permitted some version of a 35%…
A case involving partisan gerrymandering has grabbed the headlines, but the U.S. Supreme Court already has ruled this month against the state of North Carolina in a different dispute. Specifically,…
Two Republican mountain legislators are supporting a food and beverage tax in the city of Brevard. Senator Tom Apodaca and Representative Chris Whitmire both support a Brevard Meals Tax bill…
The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features a report on state N.C. Revenue Secretary David Hoyle’s report that the General Assembly will need to change state law before the Revenue…
The ACLU objects to North Carolina’s Department of Revenue for attempting to snoop too deeply into Amazon.com’s customer records. The snooping was in order to enforce the sales tax on…
North Carolina businesses are on the losing end of legislative policy again, thanks to the inefficiency of government bureaucracy. Common sense tells me that if Gov. Perdue, Sen. Basnight, and…
Since Carolina Journal first reported on the issue two weeks ago, it?s been difficult to nail down whether the N.C. Revenue Department?s audit of large families is a new policy…
Last week, Carolina Journal Online ran a story discussing the N.C. Department of Revenue’s request for additional documentation from taxpayers who claimed a high number of dependents on their return.…
A new ruling from the N.C. Court of Appeals upholds the Revenue Department’s ability to assess sales tax on “sitting fees” photographers charge to high school seniors. The tax man…
RALEIGH – As North Carolina policymakers and analysts prepare for a major debate on reforming the state tax code, a new report from the John Locke Foundation calls into question…