The current mayor and his slate of candidates WILL raise your property taxes.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 11:41 pm
By: Gary Ceres
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North Carolina Senate and House bills propose full property tax waiver for permanently disabled veterans.
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 @ 7:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Cities and Counties Won't Need to Increase Property Taxes
Published: Monday, January 10th, 2022 @ 2:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For North Carolina counties, fiscal 2018 starts July 1, meaning counties have to pass and publish budgets
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Relatively speaking, North Carolina has a low rate of property taxation. That's a basic fact of public finance - but its implications are varied, significant, and underappreciated
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2016 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, the federal government owns 1.7 million acres, or 7.7 percent of the state. Federal land is found in nearly half of the state's counties, yet the majority of the federally owned land is concentrated in the western part of the state. Counties derive the majority of their...
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 @ 9:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On a mild, overcast June 5 in Raleigh, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker stepped up to the microphone in the garden of a private home. He was there to discuss what he had done in Wisconsin, and, implicitly, what he could do for the nation.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 @ 10:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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One of the unique characteristics of education funding in North Carolina is the fact that a relatively high percentage of revenue comes from state sources. According to National Education Association estimates for the 2013-14 school year, the national average share of state revenue for public...
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Four years ago the State Statute required re-evaluation across NC. Our local tax office here in Beaufort County honestly told them the real estate bubble had burst and prices were going down rather than up.
Published: Sunday, April 20th, 2014 @ 12:52 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Many of you read my article on the issue of property taxes being inflated by 30% BECAUSE no homes are selling at better than 70% of appraised value.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 8:02 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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A House GOP-sponsored tax reform package got out of that chamber's Finance Committee on Tuesday, but not before it was tweaked to remove a cap that had been placed on deductions for mortgage interest, local property taxes and charitable contributions.
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2013 @ 7:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Deatherage's motion failed, with only him and Commissioner Hood Richardson voting in its favor; and Commissioners Jay McRoy, Al Klemm, Robert Cayton, Ed Booth and Jerry Langley voting against.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 @ 10:54 am
By: BCN
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Beaufort County Commissioner Stan Deatherage started a discussion at Monday's board meeting that may end in providing some relief for county property-tax payers.
Published: Friday, December 10th, 2010 @ 2:32 pm
By: BCN
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Deatherage votes for majority of cuts, other five vote against
Published: Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 @ 5:33 pm
By: BCN
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Reevaluation issue aired at Beaufort County Board of Commissioners meeting
Published: Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 @ 2:19 pm
By: BCN
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