Town of Huntersville issued the following announcement on Dec. 17.
Taxable Individual and Business Personal Property: All persons and all businesses owning property such as boats, manufactured homes (mobile homes), income-producing farm equipment, airplanes, machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures, supplies and any other income-producing personal property, and unregistered motor vehicles are notified that they must List with the Mecklenburg County Assessor’s Office all such property owned as of January 1, 2022. Tax Listings may be mailed to PO Box 36819 Charlotte NC 28236-6819 or submitted in person at the Assessor’s Office located at 3205 Freedom Drive, Suite 3500, Charlotte, NC 28208 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Tax Listing will begin in the office on Monday, January 3, 2022, and run through January 31, 2022. All Tax Listings made by mail and postmarked by the U.S. Post Office by midnight January 31, 2022, will be accepted as timely filed without penalty. Listings received after January 31, 2022, will be assessed a ten percent (10%) penalty as prescribed by law. Extensions may be granted (extending the filing deadline through April 18th, 2022) for good cause upon written request or via the electronic listing system filed no later than January 31, 2022. Listings and Extensions must be submitted in the manner stated above, or via the electronic online listing system.
*** We are unable to accept Facsimile and E-mailed listings or extensions. ***
IMPORTANT! Business Personal Property ONLINE LISTING: Online Business Personal Property listing and online Extension Requests will be available for the 2022 Listing Year. BizLink will be available from January 1, 2022, through April 18, 2022, at https://bizlink.taxscribe.com/nc/mecklenburg/ for those taxpayers wishing to file electronically. Please note extension requests and listing submissions are due no later than January 31st. After that date, a penalty for late filing will apply.
NEW FOR 2022: Taxscribe Individual Personal Property ONLINE LISTING. https://ipp.taxscribe.com Online listing of Individually owned Personal Property will be available for the 2022 Listing Year, beginning January 1, 2022 and ending April 18, 2022. While the system is available beyond the listing period, the deadline to list personal property without penalty remains January 31st.
Tax Relief Programs
Low Income Homestead Exclusion: North Carolina excludes from property taxes $25,000 or 50% (whichever is greater) of the Assessed Value for specific real property or manufactured home which is occupied by the owner as their permanent residence who meets the following qualifications as of January 1 preceding the taxable year for which the benefit is claimed.
1) Be at least 65 years old or totally and permanently disabled.
2) Have a combined spousal income for the preceding calendar year of not more than $31,900. *
3) Be the legal owner listed on the title as of January 1st
4) Be a North Carolina resident.
Circuit Breaker Property Tax Deferment (Payment Postponement): Limits property taxes to a percentage of the owner’s income. For an owner whose income does not exceed the annual income eligibility limit for the Low-Income Homestead Exclusion (above), owner’s taxes are limited to 4% of their income. * For owners whose annual income exceeds the limit by not more than 150%, taxes will be limited to 5% of their income. The taxes exceeding the applicable percentage of the owner’s income will then become deferred (postponed) along with interest until a disqualification. To qualify, applicants must meet the following requirements:
1) Be at least 65 years old or totally and permanently disabled.
2) Have a combined spousal income for the preceding calendar year of not more than $47,850. * (150% of Low-Income Homestead Exclusion).
3) Be the legal owner listed on the title as of January 1, for the last five years.
4) Be a North Carolina resident.
5) ALL owners of the property must apply and elect to defer the applicable portion of their taxes.
6) Application is required ANNUALLY.
Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans: North Carolina excludes from property taxes the first $45,000 of Assessed Value for specific real property or manufactured home which is occupied by the owner as their permanent residence. To qualify, applicants must meet the following requirements:
1) Must be an honorably discharged veteran who has a 100% total and permanent disability that is service-connected.
2) Must have a Veteran’s Disability Certification (NCDVA-9)
3) An applicant can be the unmarried and never remarried spouse of a qualifying deceased veteran
4) Can be a qualifying veteran with specially adapted housing per 38 U.S.C. 101.
NOTE: Disability PENSIONS are not Service Connected.
You may obtain an application by calling 311.
The deadline to apply for the Tax Relief Program(s) is June 1, 2022.
Original source can be found here.
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