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State revenue forecasts jump from $28.4 billion to $32.6 billion in fiscal year 2021-2022.
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2022 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Left insists government is better poised than you to spend more of your hard-earned money.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 9:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Department of Revenue faced a legal setback last month in an ongoing fight over renewable energy tax credits. The state’s top administrative law judge rejected the department’s attempt to deny credits to a renewable energy investor.
Published: Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 @ 1:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Updated forecast confirms historic opportunity to meet the needs of North Carolina communities and ensure a shared recovery from the pandemic
Published: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 @ 1:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Recently, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 40 of his colleagues introduced legislation to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from being used as a political weapon against American citizens.
Published: Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 @ 9:02 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Everything that the UNC system and its constituent institutions do is dependent on a generous inflow of money.
Published: Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 @ 11:25 am
By: James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
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The state budget may be spared economists’ worst fears from the COVID pandemic, according to a new tax revenue forecast.
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s tax and fee collections continued to improve from a year ago, according to the latest General Fund Monthly Report from the Office of the State Controller.
Published: Sunday, December 13th, 2020 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tax collections for the six months from April through September continue to track closely with the same period a year ago
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2020 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The progressive left in North Carolina has for years attempted to paint a narrative that the conservative tax reforms over the last several years have starved state government of funding, and have left budgets “cut to the bone.”
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 8:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The full picture for 2019 income taxes is now available, but it does not provide much clarity about the revenue picture for the rest of FY2020-21.
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2020 @ 4:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina state revenues have taken a major hit since the Coronavirus outbreak began.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 @ 3:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Office of State Controller just released its latest General Fund monthly financial report for April.
Published: Thursday, May 21st, 2020 @ 2:03 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina’s community colleges are struggling to avoid revenue shortfalls and payroll problems.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2020 @ 2:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Tax revenues are falling for states and local governments across the country.
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2020 @ 1:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly plans to return for a short session April 28, and will need to be ready to hit the ground running, said Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2020 @ 6:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is the largest teacher’s union in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 6:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The dispute between solar energy finance companies and the state’s revenue department has reached court.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 9:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A major solar energy financing company says the N.C. Department of Revenue may be breaking the law. The company has formally asked DOR to justify a regulation rejecting state tax credits the company’s clients have claimed.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 @ 11:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper, an advocate for renewable energy whose family leases land for solar farms, is denying tax credits for solar energy investments.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2019 @ 2:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Advocates for higher taxes and spending were excited to see a new pool of economic activity from which to siphon money, but Gov. Roy Cooper's Department of Revenue (NCDOR) may have overstepped its authority in interpreting state law and a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Department of Revenue is gearing up to assess sales taxes on more out-of-state online retailers who make sales to North Carolina residents. But it's unclear whether the department has the legal authority to do so, a former legislative leader says
Published: Tuesday, August 21st, 2018 @ 12:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While most state government watchers were focused on a last-minute legislation at the General Assembly, some good news came out of the Office of the State Controller
Published: Sunday, July 1st, 2018 @ 2:57 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The U.S. Patent Office Takes A Long Time To Approve A Patent But It Is About To Add Slow To Long
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2018 @ 10:31 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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$265.8 million; remember that number. That's North Carolina's projected revenue surplus, according to the Fiscal Research Division (FRD) of the North Carolina General Assembly
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 11:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The landmark Leandro case may be short one defendant if a Superior Court judge grants the State Board of Education's motion to withdraw from the case
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 @ 7:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier in the week Under the Dome ran a piece by N&O reporter Will Doran where he relays Governor Cooper’s apprehension about having enough money for next year’s state budget
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2017 @ 11:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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High Point is closer to getting a professional baseball team
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2017 @ 3:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has collected less state revenue so far than projected for the 2017-18 fiscal year, to the tune of about $134 million
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 7:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ron Penny's first job after college was in the state Department of Revenue mailroom. On Friday Gov. Roy Cooper named him secretary of revenue, a post in which he will manage state tax collections
Published: Saturday, April 8th, 2017 @ 4:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper's spokesman Ford Porter released the following statement in response to updated revenue projections...
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2017 @ 11:47 am
By: Russell Allen
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After closing the fiscal year that ended June 30 with a $425 million revenue surplus, the first quarter of the new fiscal year has yielded a surplus of $191 million
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 7:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The final numbers are in on North Carolina's budget surplus. They are informative. They ought to provoke significant debate and discussion. Instead, they have gotten virtually no media coverage or public comment
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina ended the fiscal year with strong revenue growth, meaning business tax rates will be lower in 2017.
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 @ 8:02 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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"North Carolina's economy is firing on all cylinders," said Governor McCrory. "North Carolina is home to one of the fastest growing economies in the nation, revenues are up above projections, unemployment is at an 8-year-low and more than 275,000 private sector jobs have been added since 2013."
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2016 @ 8:50 am
By: McCrory Communications
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