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NO. 179 | DECEMBER 2022PROPERTY TAX BULLETIN
Christopher B. McLaughlin is a School of Government faculty member who specializes in local taxation.
2023 Property Tax Calendar
Christopher B. McLaughlin
is calendar lists deadlines for the 2023 –24 tax year established by the Machinery Act. Duties
for which no specic deadline is prescribed by law are not included.
G.S. 105-395.1 provides that when the last day for doing an act required or permitted by
the Machinery Act falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday, the act is considered to be
done within the prescribed time limit if it is done on the next business day. Pursuant to these
provisions, the calendar transfers to the next business day deadlines that aect the rights or tax
liabilities of taxpayers. Deadlines that require tax ocials to take action by a specic date are
generally transferred to the last business day before the deadline. Holiday dates shown in the
calendar are those set by the State Personnel Commission for state government oces. Counties
and municipalities observing other holidays may need to adjust the calendars accordingly.
Abstracts, other listing forms, exemption and exclusion applications, and tax payments sub-
mitted by mail are deemed received as of the postmark date. To qualify, the postmark must be
dated, legible, and axed by the United States Postal Service [G.S. 105-311(b), -360(d)].
Date Event
December 2022
22 Thursday • Ten days before January 1, assessor begins to advertise 2023–24 listing period.
G.S.105-296(c).
January 2023
1 Sunday • Date as of which value, ownership, situs, and taxability of real and personal property
are determined for 2023–24 property taxes. G.S.105-285. First day of listing period.
• Lien for 2023–24 property taxes attaches to all real property in taxing unit.
G.S.105-355.
2 Monday • New Year’s Day holiday.
3 Tuesday • Transferred from Saturday, December 31. Last day for taxpayers to make late
application for exemption or exclusion for the 2022–23 tax year. G.S.105-282.1(a1).
4 Wednesday • Transferred from Sunday, January 1. Begin new interest rate on delinquent property
taxes from 2021–22 and prior years. G.S. 105-360(a).
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January 2023 cont ’d
6 Friday • Unpaid 2022–23 taxes become delinquent today, and 2 percent interest accrues.
G.S.105-360(a).
• Beginning today, tax collector may use enforced collection remedies to secure
payment of 2022–23 taxes. G.S.105-360(a), -366.
16 Monday • Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
17 Tuesday Transferred from Sunday, January 15:
• Last day for persons holding others’ tangible personal property for storage, sale,
renting, or any other business purpose to make required ownership reports to county
assessor. G.S.105-315.
• Last day for operators of qualifying mobile home parks, marinas, and aircraft storage
facilities to make required ownership reports to county assessor. G.S.105-316.
27 Friday • Last day for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in April.
31 Tuesday • Last day of listing period unless extended by governing board. G.S.105-307.
Anextension of the listing period also extends the deadlines below.
• Last day for timely ling of abstracts and exemption, exclusion, or use-value
applications, except applications for the three individual residential property tax relief
programs that are due June 1.
• Last day for ling notice of change in use. G.S.105-282.1, -277.4, -277.5.
• Last day to apply for individual listing extensions. G.S.105-307.
February 2023
1 Wednesday • Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes. G.S.105-360(a).
6 Monday • First Monday in February: County tax collector must report to county commissioners
total unpaid 2022–23 taxes that are lien on real property. G.S.105-369(a).
13 Monday • Second Monday in February: Municipal tax collector must report to governing board
total unpaid 2022–23 taxes that are lien on real property. G.S.105-369(a).
24 Friday • Last day for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in May.
March 2023
1 Wednesday • Tax collector must advertise tax liens at least once between March 1 and June 30.
G.S.105-369(c).
• Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes. G.S. 105-360(a).
2 Thursday • Thirty days after close of statutory listing period: Last day to which listing period may
be extended in a non-revaluation year. G.S.105-307.
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Date Event
March 2023 cont ’d
24 Friday • Ten days before rst Monday in April: County assessor must publish the rst of three
required notices of the rst meeting of board of equalization and review if board is to
convene on the rst Monday in April. Additional notice is required if board decides to
adjourn earlier or later than rst announced. G.S.105-322(f).
31 Friday • Last day for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in June.
April 2023
1 Saturday • Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes. G.S. 105-360(a).
2 Sunday • One-year anniversary of UNC’s victory over Duke in the 2022 Final Four.
3 Monday • First Monday in April: Earliest date for rst meeting of board of equalization and
review. G.S.105-322(e).
7 Friday • Good Friday holiday.
14 Thursday Transferred from Saturday, April 15:
• Last day for county assessor to certify to superintendent of schools an estimate of
the assessed value of taxable property in the administrative unit subject to voted
supplemental taxes. G.S.115C-511(b).
• Last day for Department of Revenue to notify county of public service company
assessment ratio for the current year. G.S.105-284(c).
17 Monday • Transferred from Saturday, April 15. Last day for individual listing extensions (see
June 1 for special rule applicable to business personal property in some counties).
G.S.105-307.
21 Friday • Ten days before rst Monday in May: County assessor must publish the rst of three
required notices of the rst meeting of board of equalization and review if board is to
convene on the rst Monday in May. Additional notice is required if board decides to
adjourn earlier or later than originally announced. G.S.105-322(f).
24 Monday • Third Monday following rst Monday in April: In counties not conducting a general
revaluation of real property, board of equalization and review that held rst meeting
on the rst Monday in April must adjourn by today unless the board needs more time
and publishes notice of the new adjournment date. G.S.105-322(e).
28 Friday • Last day for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in July.
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Date Event
May 2023
1 Monday • Deadline for governing board to adopt or amend discount schedule for use this year.
New or revised schedule must be submitted to Property Tax Division for approval and
then published once in a newspaper. Schedule continues in eect for subsequent
years until amended or repealed. G.S.105-360(c).
• Latest date for the rst meeting of board of equalization and review. G.S.105-322(e).
2 Tuesday • Transferred from Monday, May 1. Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes.
G.S.105-360(a).
22 Monday • Third Monday following rst Monday in May: In counties not conducting a general
revaluation of real property, board of equalization and review that held rst meeting
on the rst Monday in May must adjourn by today unless the board needs more time
and publishes notice of the new adjournment date. G.S.105-322(e).
26 Friday • Last day for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in August.
29 Monday • Memorial Day holiday.
June 2023
1 Thursday • Budget ocer should have led proposed budget with governing board by today.
Tax collector is not required to accept prepayments of 2023–24 taxes until proposed
budget for the new scal year has been led with governing board. G.S.159-11;
105-359(b).
• Last day for assessor to report to Division of Motor Vehicles (via VTS) the 2023–24
property tax rates for all taxing units within the county.
• Last day for electronic listing of business personal property. G.S.105-307(b)(3).
• Last day to apply for the three individual residential property tax relief exclusions.
G.S.105-277.1(c).
• Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes. G.S.105-360(a).
30 Friday • Last day for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in September.
• 2022–23 scal year ends. G.S.159-8(b).
• Last day for advertising tax liens. G.S.105-369(c).
July 2023
1 Saturday • 2023–24 scal year begins. G.S.159-8(b).
• After July 1 and before being charged with 2023–24 taxes, the tax collector must
make a sworn report to the governing board showing a list of unpaid 2022–23 real
property taxes and a list of unpaid 2022–23 personal property taxes that are not liens
on real property. The tax collector must also make settlement for the prior year’s taxes
before being charged with the current year’s taxes. G.S.105-373(a).
• Governing board of each taxing unit should appoint tax collector on or before today
for a term of oce to be determined by board. G.S.105-349.
• In counties not conducting a general revaluation of real property, board of
equalization and review may not accept new real property appeals after today but
may complete work on pending real property appeals. G.S.105-322(e). The board may
continue to accept personal property appeals. G.S.105-322(g)(5)(d).
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Date Event
July 2023 cont’d
1 Saturday • On or before today, Department of Revenue must notify county assessor of adjusted
amount of income eligibility for the elderly and disabled homestead exclusion and
the circuit breaker exclusion for the 2024–25 tax year. G.S.105-277.1(a2).
• Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes. G.S.105-360(a).
4 Tuesday • Independence Day holiday.
10 Monday • Last day for county nance ocer to le report with Property Tax Division on the
status of eight-year reappraisal budget, current condition of reappraisal reserve fund,
and amount appropriated to reserve fund for current year. G.S.153A-150.
28 Friday • Deadline for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in October.
31 Monday • Governing board must make tax levy by today. G.S.105-347.
August 2023
1 Tuesday • Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes. G.S.105-360(a).
25 Friday • Deadline for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in November.
31 Thursday • Last day to pay 2023–24 taxes at a discount adopted by governing board under
G.S.105-360(c).
September 2023
1 Friday • Last day to initiate enforced collection remedies for 2013–14 taxes. G.S.105-378(a).
• On or before today, 2023–24 tax receipts shall be delivered to tax collector. Before
tax receipts are delivered, collector shall have delivered duplicate receipts for prepaid
taxes to nance ocer, provided a collector’s bond for current year approved by
governing body, and made annual settlement for 2022–23 taxes. G.S.105-352.
• 2023–24 taxes become due today. G.S.105-360(a).
• 2022–23 prorated municipal taxes become due on property located in areas annexed
between September 2, 2022, and June 30, 2023, and are treated as 2023–24 taxes for
purposes of collection. G.S.160A-58.10(b).
• 2023–24 prorated municipal taxes become due on property located in areas annexed
between July 1, 2023, and September 1, 2023. Prorated taxes for areas annexed after
September 1, 2023, and before July 1, 2024, are not due until September 1, 2024.
G.S.160A-58.10(b).
• Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes. G.S. 105-360(a).
4 Monday • Labor Day holiday.
29 Friday • Last day for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in December.
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Date Event
October 2023
3 Tuesday • Transferred from Sunday, October 1: Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes.
G.S.105-360(a).
27 Friday • Deadline for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in January 2024.
November 2023
1 Wednesday • Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes. G.S.105-360(a).
10 Friday • Veterans’ Day holiday.
23 Thursday • Thanksgiving Day holiday.
24 Friday • Thanksgiving Day holiday.
• Deadline for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in February 2024.
December 2023
1 Friday • In counties conducting a general revaluation of real property, board of equalization
and review may not accept new appeals after today but may complete work on
pending appeals. G.S.105-322(e).
• Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes. G.S.105-360(a).
22 Friday • Ten days before January 1: Assessor begins to advertise 2024–25 listing period.
G.S.105-296(c).
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• Christmas holidays.
29 Friday • Deadline for counties to provide Division of Motor Vehicles with appraisal data for
classied motor vehicles with registrations that expire in March 2024.
January 2024
1 Monday • New Year’s Day holiday.
2 Tuesday • Transferred from Sunday, December 31. Last day for taxpayer to make late
application for exemption or exclusion for the 2023–24 tax year. G.S.105-282.1(a1).
3 Wednesday • Transferred from Monday, January 1. Begin new interest rate on delinquent taxes
from 2022–23 and prior years. G.S. 105-360(a).
6 Saturday • Begin 2 percent interest and enforced collections on delinquent taxes from 2023–24.
G.S. 105-360(a).
