Paces Funding Blog NCDOR Directive For Real Property And Real Property Contract Retail Sales Tax

The NCDOR has published a directive clarifying what services relating to real property are subjected to sales and use tax. It addresses North Carolina General Statute § 105-164.4H. The statute says that services to real property are actually to be considered retail sales and subject to sales and use tax unless the service is subject to a tax as a real property contract, as a mixed transaction contract, or is otherwise exempt from sales and use tax. Still, it specifies that all all receipts are subject to the retail sales tax unless it's separately established otherwise by proper records. The "real property contract" is a contract between a real property contractor (like a general contractor, a subcontractor or a builder) and another person to perform to perform what would be considered a capital improvement to real property. Meanwhile a capital improvement includes the following: New construction, reconstruction, or remodeling. Performance of work that requires a permit except repairing or replacing electrical components, gas logs, water heater, and things like that that aren't part of remodeling, reconstruction or construction. Installation of utilities on utility-owned land. Installation of something that is attached to the real property provided that it capitalized and depreciated under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or International Financial Reporting Standards, is depreciated under the IRS Code or is expensed under Section 179 of the IRS Code. Painting or wallpapering of real property unless its incidental to another repair, maintenance, and installation service. Replacement or installation of siding, a roof, plumbing, a septic tank system, an electrical system, an irrigation system, a sprinkler system, etc. but it doesn't include the replacement or installation of any of things if they aren't part of a new construction, a reconstruction, or a remodeling project. Replacing or [...]