A Great Method for the Recovery of Debts

What We Do...

We assist North Carolina local governments with the recovery of any delinquent debts by offsetting debtors' North Carolina state tax refunds and Education lottery winnings. As long as the debt has been delinquent 60 days the process can begin. There is NO COST to participate with the N.C. Debt Setoff Clearinghouse. Since the debtor pays all fees, there is only the effort and cost of mailing the required notification letters.

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Who is Eligible to Participate?

Counties
Municipalities
Joint Regional Agencies (created by inter-local agreement under Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes between two or more counties, municipalities or both)
Metropolitan Sewerage Districts (created under Article 5 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes)
Public Health Authorities (created under Part 1B of Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes)
Sanitary Districts (created under Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 1302A of the General Statutes)
Water and Sewer Authorities (created under Article 1 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes)

Are you eligible and ready to begin - 2009 Participation Form

Debt Setoff Success

Twenty-one local governments have surpassed the ONE Million dollars since inception. (As of June 23, 2009)

Counties (15)

1) Gaston - $6.13M	2) Cleveland - $3.69M	3) Forsyth - $2.26M	4) Wake - $2.24M
5) Durham - $2.16M	6) Wayne - $2.15M	7) Guilford - $1.75M	8) Robeson - $1.69M
9) Rowan - $1.68M	10) Vance - $1.57M	11) Rockingham - $1.43M	12) Lincoln - $1.23M
13) Randolph - $1.14M	14) Pitt - $1.08M	15) Iredell - $1.00M

Municipalities (5)

1) Charlotte - $1.40M	2) Winston-Salem - $1.40M	3) High Point - $1.20M
4) Raleigh - $1.19M	5) Durham - $1.05M

Other (1)

1) Mecklenburg EMS - $3.83M

Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2009 (317)

1) Counties - 88	2) Municipalities - 209	3) Joint Regional Authorities - 3
4) Public Health Authorities - 5	5) Sanitary Districts - 7	6) Water & Sewer Authorities - 5

Amount Collected since 2002: $76,345,176.51

Amount Collected in 2009: $20,528,943.92

Welcome to the updated website

It has taken awhile but we've got an updated and enhanced website to meet the requirements of our webhosting company. We would have preferred to introduce it later in the year but now that the major tax season has passed we decided to proceed with an entirely new format. We hope you can find what you need. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Building It Better

As we discussed at the training workshops last year and showed a sample of what we've done for our South Carolina users. Their system was the oldest so we upgraded them first and worked out all the kinks. We are working on this new Microsoft .NET client software application to replace the current version, 2007.03. We plan on showing it at this year's training workshop.

Tax Season didn't end on April 15

Sure, it slowed down, but we don't stop recovering debts for our participating local governments when the major tax season ends in April. We collect all year long from tax refunds and lottery winnings. Don't wait until the next tax year, get your debts in as soon as possible. When they are 60 days delinquent, send them a notification letter and 30 days later send to us. Remember, we prioritize debts in date received order.

Security Reminder

Never send data with social security numbers, such as an Excel file, to us via unsecured email, we have a website devoted for the secure transfer of data. In addition, don't send an email with a person's social security number enclosed. Call us instead and we can provide the information you need.

Special Offer

Data Entry Support: Don't have the staff to enter debts into the required software or electronic format? We will enter up to 50 debtors and generate electronic notification letters all at no cost. You just print the letters, stuff and mail. Contact us for more information. Not sure how much longer we'll offer this FREE service