North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H630 Compare Versions

OldNewDifferences
11 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
22 SESSION 2025
3-H 1
4-HOUSE BILL 630
3+H D
4+HOUSE BILL DRH10298-MCf-37
5+
56
67
78 Short Title: Restore LEA Sales Tax Benefit. (Public)
8-Sponsors: Representatives Lofton and Longest (Primary Sponsors).
9-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10-Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11-April 2, 2025
12-*H630 -v-1*
9+Sponsors: Representative Lofton.
10+Referred to:
11+
12+*DRH10298 -MCf-37*
1313 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
1414 AN ACT TO RESTORE THE SALES TAX REFUND AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL SCHOOL 2
1515 ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS. 3
1616 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
1717 SECTION 1. Subdivision (2b) of subsection (c) of G.S. 105-164.14 is reenacted as 5
1818 it existed immediately before its repeal. 6
1919 SECTION 2. Subdivision (2c) of subsection (c) of G.S. 105-164.14 is reenacted as 7
2020 it existed immediately before its repeal. 8
2121 SECTION 3. G.S. 105-467(b) reads as rewritten: 9
2222 "(b) Exemptions and Refunds. – The State exemptions and exclusions contained in Article 10
2323 5 of Subchapter I of this Chapter, except for the exemption for food in G.S. 105-164.13B, apply 11
2424 to the local sales and use tax authorized to be levied and imposed under this Article. The State 12
2525 refund provisions contained in G.S. 105-164.14 and G.S. 105-164.14A apply to the local sales 13
2626 and use tax authorized to be levied and imposed under this Article. A refund of an excessive or 14
2727 erroneous State sales tax collection allowed under G.S. 105-164.11 and a refund of State sales 15
2828 tax paid on a rescinded sale or cancelled service contract under G.S. 105-164.11A apply to the 16
2929 local sales and use tax authorized to be levied and imposed under this Article. The aggregate 17
3030 annual local refund amount allowed an entity under G.S. 105-164.14(b) for the State's fiscal year 18
3131 may not exceed thirteen million three hundred thousand dollars ($13,300,000). A 19
3232 Except as provided in this subsection, a taxing county may not allow an exemption, exclusion, 20
3333 or refund that is not allowed under the State sales and use tax. A local school administrative unit 21
3434 and a joint agency created by interlocal agreement among local school administrative units 22
3535 pursuant to G.S. 160A-462 to jointly purchase food service-related materials, supplies, and 23
3636 equipment on their behalf is allowed an annual refund of sales and use taxes paid by it under this 24
3737 Article on direct purchases of tangible personal property and services. Sales and use tax liability 25
3838 indirectly incurred by the entity as part of a real property contract for real property that is owned 26
3939 or leased by the entity and is a capital improvement for use by the entity is considered a sales or 27
4040 use tax liability incurred on direct purchases by the entity for the purpose of this subsection. The 28
4141 refund allowed under this subsection does not apply to purchases of electricity, 29
4242 telecommunications service, ancillary service, piped natural gas, video programming, or a 30
4343 prepaid meal plan. A request for a refund is due in the same time and manner as provided in 31
4444 G.S. 105-164.14(c). Refunds applied for more than three years after the due date are barred." 32
4545 SECTION 4. Effective July 1, 2025, G.S. 105-164.44H is repealed, and the Director 33
46-of the Budget shall adjust the budget of the State Public School Fund accordingly. 34 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
47-Page 2 House Bill 630-First Edition
48-SECTION 5. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Public School 1
49-Fund a recurring amount equal to the amount of the adjustment in Section 4 of this act. 2
50-SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective July 1, 2025, 3
51-and applies to sales made on or after that date. 4
46+of the Budget shall adjust the budget of the State Public School Fund accordingly. 34
47+SECTION 5. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Public School 35
48+Fund a recurring amount equal to the amount of the adjustment in Section 4 of this act. 36
49+H.B. 630
50+Mar 31, 2025
51+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
52+Page 2 DRH10298-MCf-37
53+SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective July 1, 2025, 1
54+and applies to sales made on or after that date. 2