Press Releases

On Monday, Jan. 26, the N.C. Department of Revenue officially opened the 2026 individual income tax filing season and begins accepting 2025 returns. Taxpayers who file state returns electronically will receive acknowledgements.

Onslow County businessman Jimmy John Brinkley, 49, of Swansboro, was arrested on felony tax charges filed by the N.C. Department of Revenue. He was charged with three counts of Embezzlement of State Property.

The NCDOR began accepting 2025 income tax returns for Corporate Income and Franchise and Partnership on Tuesday, Jan. 13.

The N.C. Department of Revenue's taxpayer assistance service center in Raleigh will move to a new office located at 2920 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite 300, during the week of Nov. 17 – 21. The current office at 4701 Atlantic Avenue will remain open until the new location is ready for the move. The service center will close on Friday, Nov. 14, for the move and reopen at the new location on Monday, Dec. 1.

A Cumberland County businessman pleaded guilty in Wake County Superior Court to seven felony tax charges filed by the N.C. Department of Revenue. Christopher Harrison, 58, of Fayetteville, pleaded guilty to seven counts of Attempt to Evade or Defeat a Tax.

A Mecklenburg County businessman and the controller of the business were arrested on felony tax charges filed by the North Carolina Department of Revenue.

Taxpayers who received an extension to file their state individual income tax returns originally due on April 15, 2025, must file those returns by Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025.

The NCDOR taxpayer assistance service center in Raleigh will move to a new office located at 2920 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite 300, this fall. The current office at 4701 Atlantic Avenue will remain open until the new location is ready for the move. The exact timing of the move has not been determined, and will be announced on the website once it is available.

New Hanover County businessman Marteke Franks pleaded guilty on Monday, Aug. 18, in Wake County Superior Court to tax charges filed by the North Carolina Department of Revenue.

An Apex businessman who was previously indicted on felony state tax charges on March 7, 2023, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Wake County Superior Court to 15 felony state tax charges filed by the North Carolina Department of Revenue related to three Tobacco Road Sports Cafe locations in Durham, Raleigh, and a former location in Chapel Hill.