This important document lists important information such as your contact information that is used for our Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system that informs debtors who to contact at your site for information regarding debts you are submitting to the Clearinghouse.
This form is required to begin participating and each year after. The form covers the period of September through the following December. The next year's participation form becomes available just prior to the annual training workshops which occur in September. This allows for the submission of debts at the end of a calendar year and continue for the entire next year. Note: if a local government does not submit this form by late December, their debts will not be sent to the Department of Revenue and Education Lottery until the form is submitted.
For the October 2018 through December 2019 form: 2019 Participation Form
After submitting, anytime during the year if there are any changes to contacts, emails or phone numbers, then re-submit the online form with just the changes, no need to sign and mail.
All of these forms need to be sent to North Carolina League of Municipalities (cities and towns) or North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (counties and all others).
Sample Notification Letters to Debtors
According to the Statute, notification letters must be detailed and describe each debt. The type of debt (or department), description of the debt, account number and amount of the debt is required. The five samples below are the format of the letters in the client software.
Data Submission Options (4)
Client software - provides the functions of entering debtors and debts. Integrated file transfers will send to computer system and also download once debtors are setoff by the Department of Revenue and/or the Education Lottery. Contact us to install or upgrade.
ASCII (standard for exchanging data among different computer systems) - from external billing/accounting systems or third-party vendors - ASCII Layout
Spreadsheet
Import Excel file - non-users of client software (detailed explanations): Excel Import Sample.xls
Import Excel file into the Client software - non-Tax debts: Excel Import Sample into Software.xls
Import Excel file into the Client software - Tax debts: Excel Import Sample into Software-Tax.xls
Hardcopy forms - Clearinghouse does all data entry- recommended for those local governments who have a small number of debts with none or limited staff resources (free data entry for 100 debtors or less, call us to discuss). This is a more secure option than ASCII/Excel. - documements below updated November 1, 2016