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Sales Tax: Exemptions for Farm Product Sales. This Extension Fact Sheet provides an overview of how sales taxes - collected at the point of sale - apply to various farm products and by whom they are sold.
Zoning: Neighbor Complaints and Response: the Basics of North Carolina's Right to Farm and Bona Fide Zoning. This narrative provides a distinction between the farm protection statutes of right to farm and bona fide farm zoning exemption, from the perspective of when authorities should respond to neighbor complaints about farming and land use.
Zoning: Bona Fide Farm Zoning: NC Appeals Court Limits Agritourism Definition. This case review illustrates a North Carolina Court's approach to defining the term "agritourism."
Administrative Law: Exhaustion Required for Administrative Bona Fide Farm Determination. This case review reinforces the route zoning appeals must take with the county zoning department before reaching court.Presentations
Landscape Business Legal Primer. This presentation was delivered in Caldwell County, January 2025 for professional credit for landscape licensees.
The Bona Fide Farm Exemption. This presentation puts an emphasis on the distinction and connection of exemptions and qualifications for the Bona Fide Farm Exemption, including PUV, qualifying farmer certificate, and use of the Schedule F.
Tax Concepts for Livestock Owners. This presentation was made to the Person County Cattlemen's Association meeting in February 2022. It covers basic farm tax concepts, income reporting and depreciation under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, along with an update on estate and gift taxes.
Zoning, Building Permits, and the Bona Fide Farm. This presentation was made to the Western NC Agritourism Curriculum, August 2020.
Basic Farm Regulation and Liability. This presentation scratches the surface of basic farm regulation, including land use, zoning, food safety, and sales and property taxes.
Sales Taxes.This presentation covers which farm products are subject to sales tax, as well as the farmer's sales tax exemption certificate issued by NCDOR.
Regulation of On-Farm Processing. This presentation covers the very basics of regulation of on-farm processing, including exemption limits.
