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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 5, 2020 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-d <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Applications for Property Tax Exemption/Exclusion <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Tax Administration <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Exempt Status Resolution <br />Spreadsheet <br />Requests for Exemption/Exclusion <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Nancy T. Freeman, Tax Administrator <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To consider thirteen untimely applications for exemption/exclusion from ad valorem <br />taxation for thirteen bills for the 2020 tax year. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statutes (NCGS) typically require applications for <br />exemption to be filed during the listing period, which is usually during the month of January. <br />Applications for Elderly/Disabled Exclusion, Circuit Breaker Tax Deferment and Disabled <br />Veteran Exclusion should be filed by June 1 of the tax year for which the benefit is requested. <br />NCGS 105-282.1(a1) does allow some discretion. Upon a showing of good cause by the <br />applicant for failure to make a timely application, an application for exemption or exclusion filed <br />after the close of the listing period may be approved by the Department of Revenue, the Board <br />of Equalization and Review, the Board of County Commissioners, or the governing body of a <br />municipality, as appropriate. An untimely application for exemption or exclusion approved under <br />this provision applies only to property taxes levied by the county or municipality in the calendar <br />year in which the untimely application is filed. <br /> <br />Nine of the applicants are applying for homestead exclusion based on NCGS 105-277.1, which <br />allows exclusion of the greater of $25,000 or 50% of the appraised value of the residence. <br /> <br />One of the applicants is applying for exclusion based on NCGS 105-277.1C, which allows for an <br />exclusion of $45,000 for an honorably discharged Disabled American Veteran. <br /> <br />One of the applicants is applying for exclusion based on NCGS 105-278.3, which allows for <br />exclusion from property taxes for property used for a religious purpose. <br /> <br />One of the applicants is applying for exemption based on NCGS 105-278.6 (8), which allows an <br />exemption of a nonprofit organization providing housing for individuals or families with low or <br />moderate incomes. <br /> <br />1