NC Local Government Debt Setoff Clearinghouse

HIPAA BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT - REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR EMS AND/OR HEALTH DEPTS

 click here to access the document. Sign and send to your office below:

1. NCACC: Attn: Kathy DeMay - PO Box 1488, Raleigh, NC  27602-1488  

2. NCLM: Attn: Wanda Veasey - PO Box 3069, Raleigh, NC  27602-3069

2008 Statistics

The 6th setoff file of the year from April 15, 2008 from the Department of Revenue and Education Lottery returned to local governments $ 1,037,232.36

Top Performers for 2008:

•  Leading County: Forsyth County -  $ 685,953.92

•  Leading Municipality: City of Charlotte -  $ 326,574.84

• Authorities/Districts: Mecklenburg EMS -  $ 1,118,843.62

294 Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2008:

•  Counties: 87

•  Municipalities: 196

•  Water & Sewer Districts: 4

•  Public Health Authorities: 3

•  Joint Regional Authorities: 2

•  Sanitary Districts: 2

Click here to view the Statistics details

Clearinghouse now provides an Excel file each time a local government gets a setoff file

Starting with the first setoff file in February 2007 the Clearinghouse began providing an Excel spreadsheet with all debtors setoff for that time frame by the Department of Revenue and the Education Lottery.  This is also great information for the Finance Officials. Click here for more information including the information provided in the spreadsheet.

2007 TRAINING WORKSHOPS - 265 people attended the 2007 workshops held in five locations across the state

• Workshop Agenda (pdf)

• Workshop Information (pdf)

• Workshop PowerPoint presentation - NCACC & NCLM (pdf)

• Workshop PowerPoint presentation - Clearinghouse (pdf)

North Carolina Education Lottery checking for debts owed to local governments

The new Education Lottery has been legislated to verify that winners of $600 or more do not have debts owed to local governments before awarding prize money.  The regional award sites can access debt information that has been submitted by the Debt Setoff Clearinghouse to the Department of Revenue.

The funds recovered are submitted by the Education Lottery to the Clearinghouse on the same schedule as the Department of Revenue, which is twice per month from February through December.  These funds are placed into the local governments account with Capital Management of the Carolinas and appear in the standard files and reports.

See the top right area of this page for the total amount setoff by the N.C. Education Lottery. 

2007 - Year ends with over $26.2 million  total amount returned to local government entities since inception

Twenty-two setoff files in 2007 (2 each month February through December) from the North Carolina Department of Revenue resulted in $ 12,150,223.61 being returned to local governments.

Top Performers for 2007:

•  Leading County: Gaston County -  $ 837,996.75

•  Leading Municipality: City of Winston-Salem -  $ 259,353.89

• Authorities/Districts: Mecklenburg EMS -  $ 141,726.46

272 Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2007:

•  Counties: 84

•  Municipalities: 178

•  Water & Sewer Districts: 4

•  Joint Regional Authorities: 2

•  Public Health Authorities: 3

•  Sanitary Districts: 1

Click here to view the 2007 Statistics details

Previous Year Statistics:

The total amount returned to local governments for each year:

Year	Amount Returned	Yearly Increase
2007	$ 12,150,223.61	15%
2006	$ 10,581,992.81	24%
2005	$ 8,555,754.32	47%
2004	$ 5,801,032.96	446%
2003	$ 1,062,874.85	354%
2002	$ 234,248.89
Totals:	$ 38,386,127.44

New Participants Authorized in 2005 under the General Statutes:

Three more groups have been added to the list of participants with the Clearinghouse:

1) Public Health Authority created under Part 1B of Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes

2) Metropolitan Sewerage District created under Article 5 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes

3) Sanitary District created under Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes

New Participants Authorized in 2004 under the General Statutes:

Two more groups have been added to the list of participants with the Clearinghouse:

1)  Water & Sewer Authorities created under Article 1 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes

2) Joint Regional Agencies created by inter-local agreement under Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes