Important Notice: Expanded List of Counties Eligible for Interest Relief - Hurricane Helene
Issued by: Tax Administration
Date: October 18, 2024
Background
On October 11, 2024, the Department announced interest relief for specific taxpayers located in counties declared a major disaster by the President of the United States under the Stafford Act (P.L. 93-288) as a result of Hurricane Helene and Nash County (collectively “Disaster Counties”).1 This notice announces additional Disaster Counties.
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See Session Law 2024-51, s. 13.1
On October 15, 2024, FEMA added twelve1 counties to the list of North Carolina counties adversely affected by Hurricane Helene. As a result, these counties are Disaster Counties for purposes of the interest relief announced on October 11, 2024.
As of October 18, 2024, the following counties in North Carolina are Disaster Counties:
- Alexander
- Alleghany
- Ashe
- Avery
- Buncombe
- Burke
- Cabarrus
- Caldwell
- Catawba
- Cherokee
- Clay
- Cleveland
- Forsyth
- Gaston
- Graham
- Haywood
- Henderson
- Iredell
- Jackson
- Lee
- Lincoln
- Macon
- Madison
- McDowell
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Nash
- Polk
- Rowan
- Rutherford
- Stanly
- Surry
- Swain
- Transylvania
- Union
- Watauga
- Wilkes
- Yadkin
- Yancey
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Nash County was treated as a disaster county under state law but is now included in major disaster declaration. As a result, the number of counties eligible for interest relief increased by eleven.
The Department’s website has a page dedicated to Hurricane Helene tax relief. The page includes frequently asked questions. Any taxpayer that does not have electronic access to this information can call the Department for assistance.
If you have any questions about this notice, you may call the Department’s Customer Service line at 1-877-252-3052 (7:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday), or write to Customer Service, PO Box 1168, Raleigh, NC 27602-1168.
To the extent there is any change to a statute or regulation, or new case law subsequent to the date of this notice, the provisions in this important notice may be superseded or voided. To the extent that any provisions in any other notice, directive, technical bulletin, or published guidance regarding the subject of this notice and issued prior to this notice conflict with this important notice, the provisions contained in this important notice supersede the previous guidance.