Kill Devil Hills, NC Local Taxes & Fees: Business Tax Classification (2026)
Key Facts
- License period
- July 1 to June 30 annually
- Due date
- September 1 each year
- Two charges
- Privilege tax + registration fee
- Enforcing office
- Town Tax Collector
- State-taxed exemption
- State-taxed businesses exempt
- No refunds
- No refund if business closes mid-year
Summary
Kill Devil Hills levies an annual privilege license tax and a separate annual registration fee on every business operating in town, both set by the consolidated fee schedule and due each September 1.
(A) Privilege license. An annual privilege license tax as listed in the consolidated fee schedule is hereby levied on all such businesses conducted within the town. Those businesses subject to an annual privilege tax imposed by the State of North Carolina or otherwise exempted from local privilege license taxes by State law are exempt from the town's privilege license tax. (B) Business registration fee. An annual registration fee as listed in the consolidated fee schedule is hereby imposed on all such businesses conducted within the town.
Full Breakdown
04: an annual privilege license tax, listed by business type in the consolidated fee schedule and levied on all businesses conducted within the town, and a separate annual business registration fee, also set by the consolidated fee schedule, imposed on every business regardless of whether it owes the tax. 04(A). 05, a license runs for the 12-month period from July 1 to June 30, but both the privilege license fee and the registration fee are actually due September 1 each year, unless a business starts after July 1, in which case the fee and any applicable tax are due before the business opens.
08 requires a separate registration, and separate fee, for each place of business unless multiple locations are contiguous and operated as one unit. 09(B), and blind persons and members of the armed forces or merchant marine are exempt to the extent state law allows. 09(E). 02 directs that it be read to require the maximum tax or fee permitted, since it exists for revenue and regulatory purposes.
Violations & Fines
Conducting business without registering or paying the required privilege license tax or registration fee violates Chapter 110; the Tax Collector can refuse or revoke a license under § 110.12 for misrepresentation or refusal to provide required information, and unpaid deficiencies are collected under § 110.32, in addition to the general penalty provisions of § 10.99.
Frequently Asked Questions
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