Halifax County Sales Tax Payment Information

 

Email Alert from the Office of Rep. Angela R. Bryant, NC House District 7

Proudly Representing Halifax and Nash Counties until Jan. 2013;

Hopefully Representing Nash and Franklin Counties – Jan 2013 forward if re-elected 2012

 

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Halifax County Sales Tax Payments to Weldon and Roanoke Rapids Schools Special Taxing Districts; Impact of the Supplemental Property Tax Referendum for Halifax County Schools

 

Because Roanoke Rapids and Weldon Schools levy a supplemental property tax, they are also able to get a proportionate share of the county sales taxes that we all pay; In order to be eligible to share in these millions of dollars of local property and sales taxes that can be spent for education – Halifax County School District Voters will have to enact a supplemental property tax for the Halifax County Schools.

When you shop at Wal-Mart, Hardees etc. —a portion of your sales tax goes directly to Roanoke Rapids and Weldon Schools BUT NOT to the Halifax County Schools.

 

If YOU VOTE  “FOR” the Supplemental Property Tax for the Halifax County Schools on the May ballot (early voting started 4/19),  you will vote to create fairness in local funding for all three districts for the first time in history and for THE CHILDREN OF HALIFAX COUNTY AND FOR OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE, PARENTS, LEADERS !!!!

 

IF YOU VOTE “AGAINST”  the Supplemental Property Tax—you will continue the millions of dollars of advantage in local funding that the Weldon and Roanoke Rapids students continue to have over the Halifax County School Students. Local funding is the only funding that is absolutely controlled at the local level.

 

There is a special law pertaining to Roanoke Rapids and how the sales and use tax revenue is distributed between the city and the local schools, S.L. 1973-3.

 

As exceptions to the general rule, North Carolina has 11 counties where multiple school systems exist in the same county as follows: Buncombe(Buncombe County, Asheville City); Cabarrus (Cabarrus County, Kannapolis City); Catawba (Catawba County, Hickory City, Newton-Conover City); Columbus (Columbus County, Whiteville City); Davidson (Davidson County, Lexington City, Thomasville City); Halifax (Halifax County, Roanoke Rapids City, Weldon City); Iredell (Iredell-Statesville, Mooresville City); Orange (Orange County, Chapel-Hill-Carrboro City); Randolph (Randolph County, Asheboro City); Sampson (Sampson County, Clinton City); and Surry (Surry County, Elkin City, Mount Airy City).

 

Of these 11 exceptions, only three are known to have city schools with authority to levy taxes: Roanoke Rapids (1919-Chapter 120), Weldon (1903-Chapter 324), and Mooresville (1905-Chapter 556).

 

Under Article 36 of Chapter 115C, both county and city school systems presently have the ability to receive supplemental taxes for any item of expenditure in the school budget where voters within a school unit approve (by referendum) the levy of supplemental taxes. Article 36 of Chapter 115C authorizes a county board of commissioners to hold a referendum on the authorization of a voted supplemental tax to support its local school administrative unit. The voters approve a maximum tax rate (and the purposes for which the revenue may be used), subject to the statutory cap set in G.S. 115C-502. The local board of education proposes a supplemental property tax rate (at some rate below the statutory maximum) to the county commissioners each year and the county commissioners may levy the supplemental tax at a rate of up to the amount proposed by the local board of education.

 

Distribution of Total Sales and Use Tax Receipts within Halifax County, Fiscal Year 2010‐11 – Required by law to be shared with each entity in the county that levies a property tax since the county allocates the sales tax based on the proportion of property taxes levied by each entity.
County/Municipality	Sales and Use	Add’tl County Payments	Total	Pct of Total
County of Halifax	6,852,794$	(843,876)$	$ 6,008,918	60.4%
City of Roanoke Rapids	2,390,047		2,390,047	24.0%
Our Community Hospital		65,269	65,269	0.7%
Roanoke Rapids Graded Schools		308,320	308,320	3.1%
Arcola Fire District		7,531	7,531	0.1%
Darlington  Fire District		11,096	11,096	0.1%
Davie    Fire  District		59,025	59,025	0.6%
Town of Enfield	187,488		187,488	1.9%
Enfield   Fire District		24,760	24,760	0.3%
Town of Halifax	23,004		23,004	0.2%
Halifax Fire District		13,846	13,846	0.1%
Town of Hobgood	22,730		22,730	0.2%
Hobgood Fire District		3,239	3,239	0.0%
Town of Littleton	76,994		76,994	0.8%
Littleton  Fire District		37,140	37,140	0.4%
Town of Weldon	220,856		220,856	2.2%
Rheasville Fire District		25,780	25,780	0.3%
Town of Scotland Neck	174,524		174,524	1.8%
Scotland Neck Fire Disrict		12,719	12,719	0.1%
Tillery Fire District		4,379	4,379	0.0%
Weldon City Schools		233,131	233,131	2.3%
Weldon Fire District		37,641	37,641	0.4%
TOTAL	9,948,437$	843,876‐$	$ 9,948,437	100%

 

Halifax County – Tough love for Halifax schools

Halifax County school employees must "succeed or go" during the three years the state will oversee education in the district, a state education official said in court Wednesday.

Pat Ashley, an administrator with the state Department of Public Instruction, testified in a Wake County courtroom about a plan to reverse sliding student performance in Halifax, a struggling, poor district. The plan involves intensive training and monitoring of teachers, principals and central office staff. (News & Observer)

Halifax County NC – Poor performance in Halifax schools prompts state response

Raleigh, N.C. — State education officials said Wednesday that they will undertake an aggressive program to boost student performance in Halifax County Schools. (WRAL TV 5)