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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 1, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. `J - <br />SUBJECT: Property Tax Refunds <br />DEPARTMENT: Assessor's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y!N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Smith, ext. 2101 <br />Resolution <br />Spreadsheet <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider adoption of a refund resolution related to four (4) requests for property <br />tax refund. <br />BACKGROUND: The Assessor's Office has received four (4) requests from taxpayers for <br />refund of property taxes paid in prior fiscal years, General Stattate 105-381(b), "Action of <br />Governing Body" provides that "upon receiving a taxpayer's written statement of defense and <br />request for release or refund, the governing body of the Taxing Unit shall within 90 days after <br />receipt of such a request determine whether the taxpayer has a valid defense to the tax <br />imposed or any part thereof and shall either release or refund that portion of the amount that is <br />determined to be in excess of the correct liability or notify the taxpayer in writing that no release <br />or refund will be made", North Carolina law allows the Board to approve property tax refunds <br />for the current and four previous fiscal years, <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Approval of these changes will result in a net reduction in revenue of <br />$5,212,02 to the County, municipalities, and special districts, <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached <br />resolution approving four (4) property tax refund requests in accordance with N,C, General <br />Statute 105-381. <br />