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looking beyond the bottom line" <br />September 16, 2013 <br />Orange County Tax Administration <br />228 S. Churton Street, Suite 200 <br />P.O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP <br />,50o Sunday Drive, Suite 300 <br />Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 <br />919.232.5900 919 23z5901 fax <br />AD www.hpg.com <br />SEP 2 0 <br />ORAI <br />1AXAD ir,vc <br />eA1108 <br />Re: Pickard Meadow Farm LLC <br />2013 Application for Property Tax Exemption or Exclusion <br />Dear Ms. Wright: <br />On behalf of the above referenced taxpayer, we are writing in response to a letter dated August <br />30, 2013. The letter requests an explanation of good cause for the untimely application for <br />property tax exemption and exclusion for the 2013 tax year. <br />The client filed an extension of time to file the 2013 property tax listing by the January 315` <br />deadline and appropriately filed the property tax listing by the extended due date. However we <br />were unaware that an application for exemption or exclusion needed to be completed with the <br />property tax listing in order to qualify for exemption on the solar energy electric system. The <br />property listing form instructions did not mention the application and we were unable to find <br />any information regarding the proper filing requirements for solar energy systems on the North <br />Carolina Department of Revenue property tax information website. In addition, we even <br />inquired with our contacts with another county jurisdiction regarding the proper way to list the <br />solar energy electric system and our contact was unaware of the requirement for the <br />application. <br />Since we filed the application for exemption or exclusion as soon as it was discovered that it <br />was required, we respectfully request that the application for exemption be approved. <br />Thank you for your time and consideration to this matter. <br />Sincerely, <br />. i <br />Heather L. Dean, CPA <br />_CPAMEERt,CA <br />