The N.C. Department of Revenue is committed to helping you understand your tax obligations. We provide information through our website and a variety of outreach activities.

• Seminars and Presentations: engaging a DOR tax expert to speak to your group
• Tax Announcements: plain-English communications that make it easier to understand your taxes. Designed for the general public.
• Technical Bulletins, Directives and Notices: the specific, legal guidance of the Department. Provides all the details. Ideal for accountants, lawyers and tax preparers.
• Brochures, Publications and Other Collateral: good for groups that want to educate their members or clients about state tax issues.

Seminars and Presentations

Tax experts from the department are available to provide tax seminars and presentations throughout the state. 

We teach tax seminars on the following topics for small business owners through the Small Business Center Network, which is part of the N.C. Community College System:

Tax Implications for Starting A Business: Get your business off on the right foot by complying with North Carolina tax laws from the beginning. Learn about topics ranging from the proper registration of your business to how to handle complicated withholding challenges to how to pay the right amount of property taxes. This seminar will give you all the information you need on your state tax obligations, freeing up your time to focus on growing the business.

Withholding 101: Make sure you understand your withholding obligations when you hire new employees. You will also learn about the difference between hiring someone as a contractor or an employee.

Sales and Use Tax 101: Learn all the basics of sales and use taxes. This seminar is ideal for retailers, or any business that wants to sell.

Dealing With DOR: Responding to an audit...appealing a judgment...getting help to file your taxes...even finding the right forms. Learn all about the common interactions you might have with the N.C. Department of Revenue.

View the Latest Schedule

Coming soon: request a speaker for your group.

Note:  if you already have a contact at the Department who helps you schedule speakers, you should continue to contact that person directly. 

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Tax Announcements

In addition to news releases to the media, we issue plain-English tax announcements for specific audiences (like small business owners or tax preparers). Here are the latest…

• Donations To Haiti Relief Are Tax Deductible
• No State Tax Forms For Libraries And Other Public Facilities
• State Withholding Now Required For Contractors With ITINs
• Employers Must File Annual Withholding Reconciliation
• No Withholding Forms To Semiweekly Taxpayers Who Pay Electronically
• Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday Set For Nov. 6-8
• Using The Proper Form To Assign A Power Of Attorney
• Use Worksheets To Complete September 2009 And 3rd Quarter 2009 Sales And Use Tax Returns
• 2009 State Tax Law Changes At A Glance
• Final Tax Assessments Going Out Sooner
• Understanding Sales Taxes On Agricultural Products
• Sales Tax Holiday Set For August 7-9
• Tax Tips For Surviving The Slow Economy
• Voluntary Disclosure: File And Pay Past Due Taxes
• File On Time And Take Advantage Of Tax Breaks If You Are Laid Off (3/19/09)
• DOR’s Durham Service Center Moves To New Site On Westgate Drive (3/1/09)
• Qualifying For Sales Tax Refunds Under New Definition Of Charitable Organization (2/23/09)
• Don’t “Borrow” Sales And Withholding Taxes (2/23/09)
• New e-Business Center Combines Online Filing And Paying With Convenient Features (12/1/08)
• NCDOR Introduces New Online Business Registration (10/27/08)
• Making Taxes Less Taxing For Small Businesses (8/15/08)
• North Carolina Holds Sales Tax Holiday Aug. 1-3 (7/28/08)
• Simplifying Alcoholic Beverage Excise Tax Returns (5/1/08)
• Phase Out For Excise Tax On Piped Natural Gas Began Oct. 1, 2007 (1/28/08)
• Volunteer Firefighters Qualify For A $250 Tax Deduction (1/10/08)

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Technical Bulletins, Directives, Notices and Other Tax Information

• Corporate, Insurance and Excise Tax Technical Bulletins
• Corporate, Insurance and Excise Tax Directives & Technical Advice Memoranda
• A Comprehensive Guide to Corporate Income Tax Information
• A Comprehensive Guide To Personal Taxes Information
• Sales and Use Technical Bulletins
• Sales and Use Directives
• A Comprehensive Guide of Sales and Use Tax Information

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Brochures, Publications and Other Collateral

We hand out brochures in our service centers and at outreach events. We also produce materials to help professional, civic and educational groups help taxpayers understand their tax obligations. Click on the appropriate links on this page to download these documents in PDF format. You are free to reproduce them.

• Helping North Carolinians Qualify for the New State Earned Income Tax Credit (updated version will be available soon)

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