In compliance with the requirements of Section 105-256 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the Department of Revenue has prepared this report of tax expenditures contained in the Revenue Laws of North Carolina (except Subchapter II) as amended through 2019. A "tax expenditure" is defined as an exemption, exclusion, deduction, allowance, credit, refund, preferential tax rate or other device which reduces the amount of tax revenue which otherwise would be collected.