I got a letter in the mail a couple of weeks ago stating that I did not file my NC income tax return for 2004. I did have an address in NC for the last half of '04, but I didn't consider myself a resident (no NC drivers license, no car registration, no property taxes, etc) and I worked out of SC. I traveled like 90% of the time and so I stayed in Raleigh and would only go down to SC like two days/month.

Anyway has anyone else had any experience in this type of situation?

I guess I can send in my federal tax return and my W-2s which would prove that I had no income earned in NC, but I'd rather not be sending out documents like that unless its absolutely necessary.

7/11/2007 5:43:03 PM

800-829-3009 is the Natl. phone number for underpayment.
listen to all of the prompts and then they'll send you to the right operator.
Be prepared to wait on hold for at least 15 minutes.

Even if you read everyone's responses and opinions, you are still gonna have to call this number to get it straight. Might as well just forget this thread and call them.

[Edited on July 11, 2007 at 5:47 PM. Reason : .]

7/11/2007 5:45:50 PM

^ I've got a NC department of revenue number to call and left them a message to call me back. I did not underpay - I don't own NC shit IMO.


[Edited on July 11, 2007 at 5:48 PM. Reason : thanks for the help though]

7/11/2007 5:48:17 PM

Shit, I was thinking Federal, durr. Anyways, it has something to do with how you filed in 04, they ask your residency for each state, like part-time resident, non resident, full-time resident.

7/11/2007 5:52:21 PM

^ Okay maybe then I fucked up. I had that NC address as the address on the Federal because I gave up my place in South Carolina. Maybe that is why NC is after me now. Oh well, hopefully I can get this shit settled without having to mail in a book of papers to Raleigh.

7/11/2007 5:55:21 PM

yeah if you had an address in NC on any tax documents then you should have filed

7/11/2007 6:08:35 PM

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"^ I've got a NC department of revenue number to call and left them a message to call me back. I did not underpay - I don't own NC shit IMO. "

frankly your opinion doesn't matter. what matters is the law. Look up the definitions for a resident for tax purposes.

I worked 3 co-op rotations in VA and all of my income during those years was in VA. But since I maintained my permanent address in NC and lived in VA while I was working there, I had to pay income tax in NC as well as VA

7/11/2007 6:36:21 PM

Where were you living before you moved to NC? Even though you didnt have a drivers license, car registered, etc, because you had an address in NC (which federal knows about, and probably forwarded to NC) you need to file that NC return.

I am also assumming that you filed a SC return, as all that income earned in SC was taxable by the SC dept of revenue. The income you earned while living in NC and working in SC will appear on your NC tax return but you will also get a credit for taxes paid to another state. You probably wont owe that much, if any, to NC but this is something you should take care of soon. NC is the fastest state to start garnishing wages.

7/11/2007 7:08:18 PM

^ okay thanks for the advice. I still haven't heard from NC on any of this except for their letter they sent. Fuckers should have called me back by now.

7/12/2007 12:32:33 PM

Yeah, NC isn't going to pass on an opportunity to get their share. I'm just waiting for the day when North Carolinians just sign their paychecks over to the state and the state determines what, if any they'll give back to you.

7/12/2007 1:28:06 PM

Quote :

"You're a nonresident if: you live in North Carolina and earn income within the state for a temporary period of time and you are a permanent resident of another state or you live outside the state, but receive income from sources in North Carolina. You're a part-year resident if: you moved into the state and became a resident during the tax year or you moved out of North Carolina and became a resident of another state. If you are a part-year resident, you must file if: you received income while a resident of the state OR; you received income while a nonresident that is attributable to ownership of any interest in real or tangible personal property in North Carolina or derived from a business, trade, profession or occupation carried on within the state, or is derived from gambling activities in this state and whose total income for the taxable year equals or exceeds the amount for your filing status shown in the following charts. If you are a nonresident, you must file if: you received income for the taxable year from North Carolina sources that was attributable to ownership of any interest in real or tangible personal property in the state or derived from a business, trade, profession, or occupation carried on in North Carolina, or is derived from gambling activities in this state and whose total income from all sources -- both inside and outside -- the state equals or exceeds the amount for your filing status shown in the charts below."

http://www.dor.state.nc.us

the google, she works

[Edited on July 12, 2007 at 1:55 PM. Reason : .]

7/12/2007 1:54:22 PM