Henderson County Assessor's Office Business Personal Property Listing 200 North Grove Street Suite 102 Hendersonville, NC 28792-5027 PHONE: (828) 697-4694 OR (828) 697-4718 FAX:(828) 697-4977 www.hendersoncountync.org STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TAX 2007 COUNTY OF HENDERSON BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY LISTING Abstract: RETURN LISTING BY: JANUARY 31, 2007 EXTENSION TO: MARCH 15, BY WRITTEN REQUEST ONLY NAME IN WHICH BUSINESS WAS LISTED LAST : PRINCIPAL BUSINESS IN THIS COUNTY SOC. SEC # / FED. ID# CHECK ONE> CORPORATION SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP PARTNERSHIP LLC OTHER (SPECIFY) OTHER N.C. COUNTIES WHERE PERSONAL PROPERTY IS LOCATED: LOCATION OF ACCOUNTING RECORDS DATE BUSINESS BEGAN IN THIS COUNTY ACCOUNT NUMBER ABSTRACT NUMBER DISTRICT NAICS# PHYSICAL ADDRESS PHONE #( ) FAX #( ) REAL ESTATE OWNED BY DATE BUSINESS (FISCAL) ENDS CONTACT PERSON FOR AUDIT: ADDRESS & PHONE SCHEDULE A 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 DEPRECIABLE PERSONAL PROPERTY LIST AT 100% FULLY ABSORBED HISTORIC S BY OF UISITION. INCLUDE ALL FULLY DEPRECIATED ASSETS IN YOUR POSSESSION. USE UISITIONS COLUMN FOR NEW BUSINESS, AND COLUMN TO INDICATE CHANGES. Group (1) MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT Group (2) FURNITURE/FIXTURES Group (3) LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS UISITIONS Group (4) COMPUTER EQUIPMENT UISITIONS UISITIONS Group (5) OTHER UISITIONS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: While disclosure is voluntary, the authority to require this number for the administration of a tax is given by U.S. Code Title 42, Section 405(c)(2)(C)(i) and NCGS 105-309. The number is needed to verify income for Elderly Exclusion, Business Personal Property Listings, and for delinquent tax collections. UISITIONS 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 Group (6) TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY UNDER CONSTRUCTION (CIP) SEE INSTRUCTIONS CURRENT IF OUT OF BUSINESS COMPLETE THIS SECTION ONLY DATE OUT OF BUSINESS SOLD BANKRUPT SOLD EQUIPMENT, FIXTURES TO: NAME: ADDRESS: CLOSED OTHER
SCHEDULE B WORKSPACE: LIST ALL UISITIONS IN (A) AND DISPOSALS IN (B) REPORTED IN CURRENT S COLUMN FOR GROUPS (1-5). ATTACH ADDITIONAL LIST IF NECESSARY. (A) UISITION ITEM GROUP. (B) DISPOSED OF ITEMS GROUP. SCHEDULE C SUPPLIES NOT HELD FOR RESALE GROUP (7) SUPPLIES AS OF JANUARY 1 LIFO NOT ACCEPTABLE DO NOT USE ARBITRARY FIGURE. EXPENSE RECORDS AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION MAY BE REQUIRED TO SUBSTANTIATE ALL ENTRIES. FUELS (HELD FOR CONSUMPTION) 100% $ MAINTENANCE AND JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 100% $ OFFICE SUPPLIES 100% $ MEDICAL, DENTAL, BEAUTY & BARBER 100% $ REPLACEMENT PARTS, SPARE PARTS, HAND TOOLS 100% $ RESTAURANT, HOTEL AND MOTEL ITEMS SUCH AS LINENS, CHINA, SILVERWARE 100% $ ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES NOT CODED ABOVE 100% $ OTHER 100% $ $ SCHEDULE D GROUP (8) UNLICENSED VEHICLES (list only those owned by the business) DO NOT LIST VEHICLES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY LICENSED (TAGGED) IN NORTH CAROLINA. EXCEPTIONS THAT REQUIRE ANNUAL LISTING IN THIS SECTION: (1) OWNERS OF LONG TERM RENTAL VEHICLES (2) TRAILERS WITH A MULT- TAG VEHICLE TYPE MAKE TITLE COMPLETE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DATE OF PURCHASE NEW / USED ORIGINAL SCHEDULE E AIRCRAFT, BOATS, MOTORS, MANUFACTURED HOMES OWNED AS OF JANUARY 1 GROUP (9) (list only those owned by the business) TYPE YR. MAKE/MODEL SIZE/H.P. LENGTH AIRCRAFT MANUF. HM BOAT/MTR. ORIGINAL FOR GROUPS 8 & 9; ATTACH ADDITIONAL LIST IF NECESSARY VIN NO. ENGINE TYPE HRS LOCATION OF ITEM SCHEDULE F LEASED EQUIPMENT: PROPERTY IN YOUR POSSESSION BUT OWNED BY OTHERS LEASE EQUIPMENT ITEM AND MODEL NUMBER TRANSFERRED ITEM AND MODEL NUMBER LESSOR NAME & ADDRESS DATE OF LEASE SUBMIT ITEMIZED LIST, IF NECESSARY SCHEDULE G LIST ANY EXPENSED ITEMS CAPITALIZATION THRESHOLD $ REMARKS AFFIRMATION OF PROPERTY OWNER Under penalties prescribed by law, I as principal officer or officially empowered fulltime employee of taxpayer do hereby affirm that to the best of my knowledge and belief this listing, including any accompanying statements, schedules, and other information, is true and complete. MAY NOT BE SIGNED BY TAX REPRESENTATIVE PREPARED BY: SIGNATURE: PHONE NO: E-MAIL ADDRESS: DATE SIGNED: TITLE:
SCHEDULE H HENDERSON COUNTY TAX 2007 OF S FARM EQUIPMENT TOOLS AND OTHER MACHINERY EQUIPMENT IF YOU ARE LEASING YOUR LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, OR FORESTRY PRODUCTION, PLEASE PROVIDE NAME AND ADDRESS OF OWNER OF EQUIPMENT USED. NAME: ADDRESS: IDENTIFY UISITIONS BY EQUIPMENT TYPE WITH ORIGINAL (INCLUSIVE OF TRADE-IN VALUE). DESCRIPTION MAKE SERIES ORIGINAL FARM TRACTOR FARM TRACTOR BULL DOZER BULL DOZER BACK HOE BACK HOE FARM TRAILER (UNLICENSED FRONT END LOADER COMBINE PLANTERS SPRAYERS SPRAYERS IRRIGATION PUMP IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT PACKING EQUIPMENT HARROWS CULTIVATORS FORAGE HARVESTER HAY BALER RAKE/WINDROWER MOWER/CONITIONER FEED GRINDER-MIXER ROTARY CUTTER, BUSH HOG ROTARY CUTTER, BUSH HOG PLOWS DAIRY EQUIPMENT SAW MILL EQUIPMENT NURSERY EQUIPMENT APPLE CRATES/BINS TOOLS, ETC. OTHER IDENTIFY DISPOSALS BY EQUIPMENT TYPE WITH ORIGINAL (INCLUSIVE OF TRADE-IN VALUE). ORIGINAL MAKE SERIES BOUGHT
OFFICE OF THE HENDERSON COUNTY ASSESSOR 2007 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING YOUR BUSINESS LISTING (ALL LISTINGS WILL BE SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE REVIEW) Commonly Asked Questions: Who must file a listing, and what do I list? Any individual(s) or business(s) owning or possessing personal property used or connected with a business or other income producing purpose on January 1. Temporary absence of personal property from the place at which it is normally taxable shall not affect this requirement. For example, a lawn tractor used for personal use, to mow the lawn at your home is not listed. However, a lawn tractor used as part of a landscaping business in this county must be listed if the lawn tractor is normally in this county, even if it happens to be in another state or county on January 1. NCGS 105-308 reads that any person whose duty it is to list any property who willfully fails or refuses to list the same within the time prescribed by law shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. The failure to list shall be prima facie evidence that the failure was willful. Pursuant to NCGS 14-3, a class 2 misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment for up to six months. When and where to list? Listings are due on or before January 31. Henderson County Assessor's Office at: Henderson County Assessor 200 N. Grove Street, Suite 102 Hendersonville, NC 28792 They must be filed with the As required by state law, late listings will receive a penalty. An extension of time to list may be obtained by sending a written request accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope showing good cause to Henderson County Assessor by January 31. The maximum extension granted is until March 15 th. How do I list? - Two important rules: (1) Read these instructions for each schedule or group. (2) If a Schedule or Group does not apply to you, indicate so on the listing form, DO NOT LEAVE A SECTION BLANK, DO NOT WRITE SAME AS LAST. A listing form may be rejected for these reasons and could result in late listing penalties. INFORMATION SECTION: Instructions: **Complete all sections at the top of the form, whether or not they are specifically addressed in these instructions. Make any changes/corrections to the information section as required. Attach additional sheets if necessary. (1) Physical address: Please note here the location of the property. The actual physical location may be different from the mailing address. Post Office Boxes are not acceptable. (2) Principal Business Activity: What does the listed business do? For example: Tobacco Farmer, Manufacturer of electrical appliances, Laundromat, Restaurant. (3) Other NC Counties where personal property is located: If your business has property normally located in other counties, list those counties here. (4) Contact person for audit: In case the county tax office needs information, or to verify information listed, list the person to be contacted here. (5) If out of business: If the business we have sent this form to has closed, please complete this section and attach any additional information regarding the sale of the property. (6) Please list your Social Security number if you are a Sole Proprietorship or Partnership and your Federal ID number if your business is a Corporation or LLC (7) Make any necessary address changes. SCHEDULE A - DEPRECIABLE PERSONAL PROPERTY Schedule A is divided into six groups. Each is addressed below. Some records may have the column Prior Year's Cost pre-printed. This column should contain the cost information from last year's listing. If it does not, please complete this column, referring to your last year's listing. Acquisitions made during the previous twelve months are to be reported in the middle column titled Acquisitions as a line item for the current year just ended. Equipment transferred in from other locations should be reported at its historic cost, the year of original acquisition, not the year of transfer. Removals are to be reported in the column titled Removals and matched to the original year of acquisition of the asset removed, not the year of disposal. - Note that the cost information you provide must include all costs associated with the acquisition as well as the costs associated with bringing that property into operation. These costs may include, but are not limited to invoice cost, trade-in allowances, freight, installation costs, sales tax, and construction period interest. The cost figures reported should be historical cost, that is the original cost of an item when first purchased, even if someone first purchased it other than the current owner. For example, you, the current owner, may have purchased equipment in for $100, but the individual you purchased the equipment from acquired the equipment in for $1000. You, the current owner, should report the property as acquired in for $1000. Property should be reported at its market cost at the retail level of trade. For example, a manufacturer of computers can make a certain model for $1000 total cost. It is typically available to any retail customer of $. If the manufacturer uses the model for business purposes, he should report the computer at its market cost at the retail level of trade, which is $, not the $1000 it actually cost the manufacturer. Manufacturer/lessor businesses that lease the equipment that they manufacture must list their equipment at the retail level of trade rather than their manufacturing cost. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
Group (1) MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT This is the group used for reporting the cost of all machinery and equipment. This includes all warehouse and packaging equipment, as well as manufacturing equipment, production lines, hi-tech or low-tech. List the total cost by year of acquisition, including fully depreciated assets that are still connected with the business. For example, a manufacturer of textiles purchased a knitting machine in October for $10,000. The sales tax was $200, shipping charges were $200, and installation costs were $200. The total cost that the manufacturer should report is $10,600, if there were no other costs incurred. The $10,600 should be added in group (1) to the current year's cost column. If you have no machinery & equipment, write none. Group (2) OFFICE FURNITURE & FIXTURES This group is for reporting the costs of all furniture and fixtures & small office machines used in the business operation. This includes, but is not limited to, file cabinets, desks, chairs, adding machines, curtains, blinds, decorative accessories, ceiling fans, window air conditioners, telephones, intercom systems, and burglar alarm systems. If you have no office furniture or fixtures, write none. Group (3) LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS This group includes real estate improvements to leased property contracted for, installed, and paid for by the lessee which may remain with the real estate, thereby becoming an integral part of the leased fee real estate upon expiration or termination of the current lease, but which are the property of the current lessee who installed it. (Examples are lavatories installed by lessee in a barbershop, special lighting, or dropped ceiling.) If you have no leasehold improvements, write none. Group (4) COMPUTER EQUIPMENT This group is for reporting the costs of non-production computers and peripherals. This includes, but is not limited to, personal computers, midrange, or mainframes, as well as the monitors, printers, scanners, magnetic storage devices, cables, and other peripherals associated with those computers. This category also includes software that is capitalized and purchased from an unrelated business entity. This does not include high-tech equipment such as computerized point of sale equipment or high-tech medical equipment, or computer controlled equipment, or the high-tech computer components that control the equipment. This type of equipment would be included in Group (1). If you have no computer equipment, write none. Group (5) OTHER This group will be used for all other types of equipment not included in the groups referenced above. For example, please reference professional libraries, bank vaults, signs and copiers in this section. Identify items listed. Group (6) CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS (CIP) CIP is business personal property that is under construction on January 1. The accountant will typically not capitalize the assets under construction until all of the costs associated with the asset are known. In the interim period, the accountant will typically maintain the costs of the asset in a CIP account. The total of this account represents investment in tangible personal property, and is to be listed with the other capital assets of the business during the listing period. List in detail. If you have no CIP, write none. SCHEDULE B - WORKSPACE This schedule is to be used to identify, in detail, the acquisition and/or disposal activity reported in Schedule A. Attach an additional list, if necessary. SCHEDULE C - SUPPLIES All businesses have supplies. These include normal business operating supplies. Schedule C lists some of the various types of supplies but is not limited to these mentioned. Remember, the temporary absence of property on January 1 does not mean it should not be listed if that property is normally present. Supplies that are immediately consumed in the manufacturing process or that become a part of the property being sold, such as packaging materials, or raw materials, for a manufacturer, do not have to be listed. Even though inventory is exempt, supplies are not. Even if a business carries supplies in an inventory account, they remain taxable. SCHEDULE D - VEHICULAR EQUIPMENT Unregistered motor vehicles and long-term rental vehicles, trailers with a multi-year tag. Attach additional sheets if necessary. List only those titled in the business name. **This category is for these type motor vehicles only. DO NOT list motor vehicles with a current North Carolina Registration. If the vehicle is located in North Carolina, but has another state's tag, list them here. If vehicles are held for short-term rental purposes, file them in accordance with N.C. Statute G.S. 153A-156, tax on gross receipts. Any long-term leased vehicles should be listed here. Also, list any motor vehicles which are not registered at all, or semi-trailers or trailers registered on a multi-year basis. SCHEDULE E - List only those AIRCRAFT, BOATS, MOTORS, and MANUFACTURED HOMES titled in the business name. List as appropriate. SCHEDULE F - PROPERTY IN YOUR POSSESSION, BUT OWNED BY OTHERS If on January 1, you have in your possession any business machines, machinery, furniture, vending equipment, game machines, postage meters, or any other equipment which is loaned, leased, or otherwise held and not owned by you, a complete description and ownership of the property should be reported in this section. This information is for office use only. Assessments will be made to the owner/lessor. If you have none, write none in this section. If property is held by a lessee under a capital lease where there is a conditional sales contract, or if title to the property will transfer at the end of the lease due to a nominal purchase upon termination fee, then the lessee is responsible for listing under the appropriate group. SCHEDULE G - EXPENSED ITEMS This group is for reporting any assets that would typically be capitalized, but due to the business' capitalization threshold, they have been expensed. This also includes, but is not limited to, repairs made to equipment. Expensed items are taxed at 100% of value, one year only. SCHEDULE H - FARM EQUIPMENT This section is used to list tractors, combines and other large farm equipment. Typically all other farm equipment should be listed on schedule A. Only those additions/deletions of equipment, which occurred during the prior calendar year, are to be noted. The cost figures reported should be historical cost. The cost information that you provide must include all costs associated with the acquisition as well as the costs associated with bringing that property into operation. These costs may include, but are not limited to invoice cost, trade-in allowances, freight, installation costs, sales tax, and construction period interest. AFFIRMATION If an authorized person does not sign the form, it will be rejected and could be subject to penalties. Please read the information on this section of the form regarding who may sign the listing form. A TAX REPRESENTATIVE IS NOT AN AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY. **Listings submitted by mail shall be deemed to be filed as of the date shown on the postmark affixed by the U.S. Postal Service. Any other indication of the date mailed (such as your own postage meter) is not considered and the listing shall be deemed filed when received in the office of the assessor. IMPORTANT REMINDERS: *SIGN THE LISTING FORM *LIST SUPPLIES *RETURN DUE BY JANUARY 1, 2007, EXTENSIONS MAY BE GRANTED TO MARCH 15, 2007 IF REQUESTED BY JANUARY 31,2007. *DO NOT LIST PROPERTY AS SAME AS LAST