An extension of time to list business personal property with the Mecklenburg County Assessor’s Office may be postmarked by the United States Post Office no later than January 31st. Go GREEN, by using the online listing system BizLink to file your extension. See the link below.
Business personal property listing extension requests may be filed electronically using the
BizLink Online Listing System for electronic listing, submitted no later than January 31st. (preferred) An e-mail receipt of the filing will be sent to the e-mail entered in BizLink. Business extensions may also be filed in person at our County Office located at:
Valerie C. Woodard Building
3205 Freedom Drive, Suite 3500
Charlotte, North Carolina 28208
Business extension requests may also be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service with a U.S. Postal Service Postmark no later than January 31st to the address below:
County Assessor’s Office
BPP Extension Request
P.O. Box 36819
Charlotte, North Carolina 28236
*IMPORTANT: We are unable to accept listings or extension requests submitted via e-mail or facsimile (fax). Any listings or extension requests submitted in this manner will be rejected.
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For Standard Listing (Not Electronic Listing):
- Business Name (Doing business as) and corporate name
- Abstract number (can be located on the upper left side of the listing form)
- Contact information for individual filing the extension.
- Request of extension showing good cause
- Update to any account mailing address or physical location if known.
For New Businesses filing for the first time
Extension requests must contain the information required in the Standard Listing section above and the following additional information to create the Business Personal Property account:
- Full mailing address
- Physical location of the business/business assets
Extension requests received after January 31st are considered late and no extension can be granted. The Assessor has no legal power to override the status on late extensions or listings. A letter will be sent to the filers of any denied extension, notifying them of the decision.
Extensions missing required information may also be denied. Reasonable effort will be made to contact taxpayers for the needed information prior to denial.
North Carolina state law requires that all business personal property be listed each year by any business operating in the County.
To make sure businesses are properly listing their taxable property in Mecklenburg County, any business may be subject to an audit of their Business Personal Property. These audits may review tax and asset records five prior years.
An audit may result in compliance with no additional tax due, or may result in a discovery of unreported or misclassified business personal property, which will be billed when the audit closes.
For audit inquiries email:
BPPEMAIL@MECKNC.GOV
Audit Process for Contracted and In-House Audit Programs
- AUDIT PROCESS FOR BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY
- Audit Engagement letter sent
- Audit scheduled and appointment letter sent
- Audit conducted where tax records are kept
- Audit Conference and close out
- Audit Findings letter mailed including Appeal information
- Where applicable, tax bills for value discovered during audit are created and mailed
Closing or selling a business involves several steps. When you opened your business, there may have been several other agencies you contacted that need to be notified you are now out of business or are selling your business. Some but not all are listed below:
You are required to notify the County Assessor’s Office and the Office of the Tax Collector at least 48 hours prior to the closure or sale of the business. They can be reached at 311 (inside the county) or
980-314-4226 (outside the county).
The best information about a business comes from the owner or principal officer. Providing this information in writing to the County Assessor’s Office and The Office of the Tax Collector is complying with the legal requirements and allows us to update our tax records and any tax liability associated with your business. This is much easier when you have all the paperwork and facts about the sale or closure on hand. Since we request this information be provided to the County Assessor’s Office in writing, you may do any of the following:
Walk-in at:
3205 Freedom Drive
Suite 3500
Charlotte, NC, 28208
Email: BPPEMAIL@MECKNC.GOV
Mail to:
County Assessor’s Office
Business Personal Property
P.O. Box 36819
Charlotte, North Carolina 28236-6819
This will ensure all your tax business with Mecklenburg County is complete.
The Tax Collector will determine if any tax liability is owed and let you know if you need to hold out funds from the sale of the assets to pay the taxes.
IMPORTANT: Taxes are not prorated by any Mecklenburg County office. Any proration is a private matter between the buyer and seller.