Posting for a fellow Deacon fan:
Dear Sports Board Denizens:
I am seeking the advice of any CPAs or tax experts among us on a situation I'm presently in with the NCDOR. Although I am a North Carolina native, I have studied, worked, and lived in another state for approximately 14 years. During that time I have maintained a NC driver's license and voted absentee in federal and state elections. Up until 2012, I filed my annual state taxes with North Carolina, but my long-time CPA (he did taxes for my family for as long as I can remember) recommended since I live and earn all my wages in another state, I should really be filing state taxes there. I did this seamlessly for calendar year 2013 until the present. Last week, I received in the mail a $7,000 bill from the NCDOR asking me to pay up for taxes owed in calendar year 2015. This figure included penalties and interest.
For the record, I called my parents' CPA and he advised me to compose a letter to the NCDOR explaining that I lived and worked in this other state in 2015, and back that up with pay stubs, bank statements, proof of residence.
I am unsure what action to take and would welcome advice from any experts.
I'm assuming the friend's Federal returns did have a NC address, otherwise the DOR would not have flagged this, right?