Opinion
Currituck commissioners chided for not showing their work
State Supreme Court Justice Tamara Barringer recently scolded Currituck County for failing to document deliberations about the use of occupancy tax money.
News
Top NC court tackles Currituck taxes, cannabis odor, Duke rates, more
North Carolina’s highest court has sided with Currituck County in an occupancy tax dispute, upheld convictions in two criminal cases involving marijuana odor, affirmed 2023 Duke Energy rate hikes challenged by the state attorney general, censured a Wake County judge, and ruled that a convicted murderer loses his right of direct appeal to the high court once he’s off death row.
News
Top NC court will tackle Currituck occupancy tax dispute in February
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 17 in a case challenging Currituck County’s use of local occupancy tax money.
Opinion
Top NC court to settle coastal tourism tax dispute
North Carolina Supreme Court justices could decide whether state law gives Currituck County discretion to spend occupancy tax money on general county services.
News
Tourism groups support suit against Currituck tax at top NC court
Groups tied to North Carolina’s travel and tourism industry are backing a lawsuit against Currituck County at the state’s highest court. The suit from local taxpayers contends that county commissioners have violated state law when spending occupancy tax money.
News
Critics target Currituck occupancy tax spending at top NC court
Local taxpayers challenging Currituck County’s use of its occupancy tax proceeds made their case Friday to the North Carolina Supreme Court. The taxpayers urge the high court to uphold a lower court ruling against the county.
News
Currituck defends occupancy tax spending in NC Supreme Court brief
Currituck County officials defend their decisions about how to spend occupancy tax proceeds in a new court filing at North Carolina’s highest court. A lower court ruled against the county last year in a lawsuit filed by local taxpayers.
News
State’s highest court will review case targeting Currituck occupancy tax spending
The North Carolina Supreme Court will take a case involving a challenge to Currituck County’s occupancy tax spending. The state’s second-highest court ruled against the county in March 2024.
Opinion
NC City Earns Dubious Distinction
A Texas-based think tank, the National Center for Policy Analysis, recently published a nationwide study of hotel occupancy taxes, car rental taxes, and airline taxes.
Opinion
Taxation Without Representation in N.C.
Occupancy taxes attempt to force nonresidents to pay for local amenities. But they do not work that way.
Opinion
Taxation Without Representation in a Modern Form
Neither visitors nor affected businesses have a say when a local government wants to raise an occupancy tax in North Carolina.
Opinion
The Fiction of the Costless Tax
The city of Charlotte is about to have a new government-funded tourist attraction – the NASCAR Hall of Fame – but it won’t cost local residents any new taxes, say the city and county officials who favor the deal.
