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A Wake County businessman was arrested Monday on felony tax charges filed by the North Carolina Department of Revenue.

Joseph Patrick O’Keefe, 53, of 8705 Sunflower Meadows Lane, Wake Forest, was charged on November 1, 2021 with five counts of Embezzlement of State Property.

A Charlotte couple was arrested Wednesday on felony tax charges filed by the North Carolina Department of Revenue.

The N.C. Department of Revenue has published a notice on the impact of the American Rescue Plan of 2021 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 on North Carolina's 2020 individual income tax return.  

Read the notice.

A Concord businessman was arrested Wednesday on felony tax charges filed by the North Carolina Department of Revenue.

Charles Joseph Pippa, 64, of Concord, NC, was charged on October 6, 2021 with three counts of Embezzlement of State Property.

Taxpayers who received an extension to file their state individual income tax returns originally due on April 15, 2021, must file those returns by Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.

The North Carolina Department of Revenue (NCDOR) announced today that the application period for the $335 Extra Credit Grants is extended again through July 1, 2021 for eligible individuals who did not already receive the payments. 

On May 13, the NCDOR joined the Internal Revenue Service in waiving dyed diesel fuel penalties retroactive to May 7, 2021 through May 21, 2021. 

The N.C. Department of Revenue office at 1429 Rock Quarry Road in Raleigh will move to a new location on 3301 Terminal Drive near Tower Shopping Center during the week of May 10 - 14.

The North Carolina Department of Revenue (NCDOR) announced today expanded tax relief for individuals and businesses.

The N.C. Department of Revenue has published a notice about the extension of the individual income tax filing deadline from April 15 until May 17 (which matches the federal extension) as well as adding partnerships and estate and trusts to the extension.