The Department may collect a tax in the following circumstances:

(1)        When a taxpayer files a return showing an amount due with the return and does not pay the amount shown due. This subdivision does not apply to a consolidated or combined return filed at the request of the Secretary under Part 1 of Article 4 of this Chapter.

(2)        When the Department sends a notice of collection after a taxpayer does not file a timely request for a Departmental review of a proposed assessment of tax or based upon taxpayer inaction in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-241.13A.

(3)        When a taxpayer and the Department agree on a settlement concerning the amount of tax due.

(4)        When the Department sends a notice of final determination concerning an assessment of tax and the taxpayer does not file a timely petition for a contested case hearing on the assessment.

(5)        When a final decision is issued on a proposed assessment of tax after a contested case hearing.

(6)        When a petition for a contested case at the Office of Administrative Hearings is dismissed and the period for timely filing a petition has expired. ?(2007-491, s. 1; 2008-134, s. 7(a); 2010-31, s. 31.10(c); 2017-204, s. 4.2; 2019-169, s. 6.7.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 105-241.22

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.