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Should North Carolina Bet Big on Sports Gambling?

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Analyzing Property Tax Appeals for Systemic Bias

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Property Taxes and Annexations

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We Don’t Prorate in Our State (Well, Sometimes We Do)

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Revenue-Neutral Rate Calculations for Multi-County Municipalities

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Correcting Taxpayer Mistakes

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Tax Tips for a Resurgent Real Estate Market

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Changing Property Tax Values in a Pandemic

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Systemic Bias and Property Taxes

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How Interim Budgets Might Impact Tax Collections

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Taxes, Reappraisals, and Budgets in the COVID-19 Era

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Taxes in Troubling Times

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Legal Ethics Lessons from ECU

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Court Prohibits Correction of Appraisal Errors

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The Impact of a Property Tax Appellate Decision

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Sales Tax 101 for Local Governments

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City of Albemarle v. Nance: Mountain or Molehill?

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Gentrification and Property Tax Relief

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Interest(ing) Questions

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Construction in Progress and Property Tax Exemptions

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The Charitable Hospital Exemption

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Occupancy Taxes and AirBnB

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More Legal Ethics Lessons from Penn State

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What is Exempt Inventory?

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Interlocal Agreements for Property Tax Collection

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Non-Profits, Commercial Activity, and Property Tax Exemptions

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Subdivision and Property Tax Liens

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Challenging Discovery Bills

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The July 1 Rule for Property Tax Exemptions

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More Occupancy Tax Q & A

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Discovering Erroneous Exemptions

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Combining Multiple Property Tax Exclusions

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Tips for Tax Foreclosure Sales

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Does Partial Construction Count as “Use” for Property Tax Exemptions?

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Beyond the Property Tax

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Let it Snow!?!? Interest and Inclement Weather

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2018 Property Tax Prepayments

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The 2018 Property Tax Calendar Q&A

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“Fore!” Golf Carts and Local Taxes

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Hiking for Profit? A Property Tax Exemption Dispute

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Waiving Interest on Property Taxes

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BPP Can Be a Real PITA

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Mind the Gap (Billing)!

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Difficult Exemption Questions

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Can A Gentle Nudge Increase Tax Collections?

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A Penny (or a Wheelbarrow Full) for Your Thoughts?

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Fighting Blight with Property Tax Bills

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Big Changes for Immaterial Irregularity Billing?

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Five Common Property Tax Collection Questions & Answers

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What Does It Mean to be Charitable?

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Who Gets the Refund?

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Local Beer and Wine Privilege License Taxes

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Property Taxes on Internet Sweepstakes

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Refunding Other Taxes and Fees

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Pushing Back on Non-Profit Property Tax Exemptions

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Taxes on Transferred Personal Property

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A Foreclosure Fiasco

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Statement of Taxes Due

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Discounts 101

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Government Property and Property Taxes

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Confidentiality of Taxpayer Income Information

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Tricky Refund and Release Questions

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Residential Exclusions for Co-Owners

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Court Of Appeals Continues to Expand Inventory Exclusion

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Property Tax Payment Plans

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How to Calculate Discovery Bills

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What To Do When Property That Should Be Taxed Isn’t

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Attachment and Garnishment 101

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Legal Ethics and Social Media

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Obtaining Employee Addresses from State Employers

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Discoveries, Deferred Taxes, and the New Year

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In Defense of In Rem

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How to Deal with Heir Property

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Writing Off Old Property Taxes

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New Rules for Small Overpayments of Property Taxes

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“Good Cause” and Late Property Tax Exemption Applications

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New Exclusions for Residential and Commercial Real Property Improvements

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Two New Property Tax Laws: Part 1

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The Nuts and Bolts of Property Tax Bills

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When a Local Government Purchases Property at a Tax Foreclosure (Part II)

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When a Local Government Purchases Property at a Tax Foreclosure (Part I)

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Chasing Nickels and Dimes: Small Overpayments, Small Underpayments, and Tiny Tax Bills

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Special Property Tax Rules for Low-Income Housing

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Two New Property Tax Appeal Decisions: Jets and Churches

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The Tax Foreclosure Decision

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Property Tax Foreclosures: Attorneys’ Fees and Interest

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Allocating Tax Payments

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Errors in Deed Certifications

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Boards of Equalization and Review, Part II

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County Tax Websites and Public Records Law

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(Yet Another) Internet Sweepstakes Update

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Tribal Casinos and Property Taxes

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The Nuts and Bolts of Property Tax Liens

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January 6, Record Ownership, and Delinquent Property Taxes

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Property Taxes and New Year’s Day

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Property Tax Exemptions and Economic Development

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Grading North Carolina’s Property Tax System

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Even More Questions & Answers About the Elimination of Privilege License Taxes

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Ethics and the Role of the Local Government Attorney

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Tax Collection on Surrendered Property

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Property Taxes and Non-Profits

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“Tag and Tax Together” One Year Later

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Board of Equalization & Review Procedures

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Court of Appeals Opines on Ptax Appeals

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Legal Ethics Lessons from the Penn State Scandal

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The Axe Finally Falls on Local Privilege License Taxes

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Did the General Assembly Repeal City Privilege License Tax Authority Last Year?

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New Property Tax Deferral Aimed at Economic Development Properties

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Occupancy Taxes, Continued

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Court of Appeals Attempts to Clarify “Immaterial Irregularity” Provision

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Budgeting Under “Tag & Tax Together”

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Help! There’s a Lawyer on my Board!

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Internet Sweepstakes, One Year Later

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May Counties Charge Cities for Distributing RMV Taxes?

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Occupancy Tax 101

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Tax Foreclosure and Redevelopment

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Assessors’ Right of Entry on Private Property

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County Tax Collection Obligations for Motor Vehicles Under the “Tag & Tax Together” Program

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Grandfather Mountain: Educational or Recreational?

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Bankruptcy, Registration Blocks, and The New Property Tax System for RMVs

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Feds Reverse Course and Extend New Garnishment Procedures to Local Tax Collections

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N.C. Housing Market Improves But Local Tax Bases Continue to Suffer

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The Final Four of Tax Questions

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NC Appellate Court Defines “Ownership” For Property Tax Exemptions

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NC Supreme Court Strikes Down Lumberton’s Tax on Video Sweepstakes

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Denying Government Services Due to Delinquent Property Taxes

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When Does An Appraisal Error Justify a Refund?

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Palm Trees and Property Tax Appraisals

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What’s Next for Video Sweepstakes?

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A Book for Your Bosses

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Tax Foreclosures and Competing Liens

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Early Enforced Collections

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Ethics and Employee Email

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What Didn’t Happen

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Sales Assessment Ratios Continue to Climb

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Time for PUV Reform in NC?

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Tax Day at the N.C. Court of Appeals (Part 2)

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Tax Day at the N.C. Court of Appeals (Part 1)

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Property Taxes and Registers of Deeds

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Budgets and the Tax Collection Percentage

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City Wins Round Two in Internet Sweepstakes Tax Case – But the Fight Continues

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Advertising Tax Liens: The Sequel

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Advertising Tax Liens

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Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s . . .

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Happy Delinquent Tax Day!

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Interest on Delinquent Taxes

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Making Changes to Prior Years’ Tax Values

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What is the Statute of Limitations for Special Assessments?

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The Two Key Questions for Property Tax Exemptions

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Weak Housing Market Hits Property Taxes

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Local Taxation of Private Property on Federal Land

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Public Records Law and the Tax Office

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Tax Foreclosure Tips

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Property Tax Implications of the New Annexation Law

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The Revenue-Neutral Tax Rate

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The N.C. Constitution’s Uniformity Clause

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Tax Collection in Special Tax Districts

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Revisiting the New Regulations for Bank Attachments

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Property Tax Collection Remedies Beyond the Machinery Act

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Local Tax Legislation Round-Up

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New Federal Rules for Bank Account Attachments

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When is a Deadline Not Really a Deadline? When the PTC Gets Involved.

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Bankruptcy and Tax Collection

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Using Social Security Numbers for Local Tax Administration

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Government Property, Private Leases, and Property Taxes

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Open Meetings and Confidential Taxpayer Information

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More Tax Foreclosure Myths

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The First Amendment and Government Employees

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Mobile Homes and Property Taxes

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A powerful (and often overlooked) collection remedy

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Appellate Court Upholds In Rem Foreclosures (Again)

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Are N.C. property tax assessments underwater?

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Suped-Up Set-Off Debt Collection

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How Risky Are Dual Legal Roles?

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How Would an Internet Sweepstakes Ban Affect City Privilege License Taxes?

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To Err is Human, But Probably Not Binding.

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Waiving Fees and Costs

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Internet Sweepstakes Tax Challenged in Federal Court

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Tax bills? We don’t need no stinkin’ tax bills.

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One Attorney for Multiple Local Governments?

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Internet Sweepstakes Tax Update

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5 Myths About Tax Foreclosures

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Property Tax Refunds

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Jet Planes and Carnival Games: Who Gets to Tax Them?

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Durham County v. IBM Credit Corp: The Saga Continues

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New Property Tax Rules for Military Spouses

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When is a Close Relationship with Your Client Too Close?

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Politics, Poole, and the Government Attorney-Client Privilege

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Priority of Local Government Liens

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“Stop Calling My Client!” Communication Between Opposing Counsel and Government Officials