Meet the Authors
Whitney Afonso
Whitney Afonso joined the School of Government in 2012. She was named Albert and Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Term Assistant Professor for 2015–2017. Prior to that time, she taught at the University of Georgia, Department of Public Administration and Policy; and Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Administration. Her research into how the choice of revenue streams by state and local governments affect government and citizen behavior has been published in journals such as Public Budgeting & Finance, Public Finance Review, and State and Local Government Review. Afonso earned a BA in political science from Vanderbilt University, and an MA in economics and PhD in public administration and policy from the University of Georgia.
Sales Taxes from Non-Residents
February 6th, 2024 at 1:46 pmCitizen Engagement Tools: Online Budget Simulations
November 28th, 2023 at 11:59 amFive Criteria to Consider When Thinking About Taxes
April 17th, 2023 at 2:17 pmCitizen Engagement: Active Participation
March 27th, 2023 at 12:59 pmOne Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers
May 26th, 2022 at 9:05 amGiveUNC 2022
March 29th, 2022 at 11:00 amFAQ about the CLGBO
January 4th, 2022 at 2:33 pmSo, Your Jurisdiction is Thinking of Starting a Revenue Manual…
October 12th, 2021 at 10:47 amFiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters
July 21st, 2021 at 8:11 amGiveUNC
March 30th, 2021 at 10:15 amOn Demand Webinar from UNC’s Tax Center on State Response to the Pandemic
January 28th, 2021 at 10:34 amSales Tax Considerations During the Pandemic
November 20th, 2020 at 12:03 pmUpdate: The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Local Government Budgets for FY21
June 16th, 2020 at 2:15 pmWebinar: Budgeting in the Pandemic
May 7th, 2020 at 12:05 pmThe COVID-19 Crisis and How North Carolina Local Governments are Budgeting for It
April 28th, 2020 at 1:59 pmWayfair Windfall?
January 13th, 2020 at 12:14 pmSocial Impact Bonds: A Magic Tool for Financing Innovation?
July 22nd, 2019 at 9:57 amBudgeting in Local Government course: Registration now open
September 24th, 2018 at 11:13 amSales Tax Reform: Articles and Virtual Roundtable
August 29th, 2018 at 7:13 pmUpcoming Workshop: Implementing Field Experiments for Innovation and Success
December 1st, 2017 at 9:10 amConsulting with Citizens
October 23rd, 2017 at 12:36 pmBudgeting in Local Government: Registration now open
September 26th, 2017 at 9:10 amEngaging our future: A guide to going into the classroom
September 25th, 2017 at 9:39 amThe classics: Traditional modes of information sharing
August 30th, 2017 at 9:32 amThe first step in citizen engagement: Information Sharing
August 28th, 2017 at 9:22 amCitizen Engagement in the Budgeting Process
July 24th, 2017 at 9:10 amNorth Carolina’s County and Municipal Fiscal Analysis Tool: Research Review
June 26th, 2017 at 9:32 amIt was an (im)perfect illusion: Fiscal Illusion and You
May 22nd, 2017 at 9:24 amCrowdsourcing for Local Governments: Research Review
April 24th, 2017 at 9:00 amTraining Opportunity: Local Government Federal Credit Union FELLOWS
April 19th, 2017 at 9:49 amCongratulations to our Tar Heels!
April 4th, 2017 at 10:39 amSenate Bill 126: You down with this SB? Yeah, you know me… So you know that it is complicated.
March 27th, 2017 at 9:00 amMirror, Mirror on the wall, How much revenue will we generate this fall?
February 27th, 2017 at 9:34 amNorth Carolina Budget & Evaluation Officer Certification: FAQ
January 30th, 2017 at 11:17 amLet’s play “Who’s Paying That Tax?”
January 23rd, 2017 at 7:11 amWho you gonna call? A lawyer.
November 28th, 2016 at 11:33 amLOST: Finally explained! Mysteries Solved! Secrets Revealed! Part 3
October 24th, 2016 at 9:15 amLOST: Finally explained! Mysteries Solved! Secrets Revealed! Part 2
September 26th, 2016 at 12:16 pmBudgeting in Local Government Course
September 21st, 2016 at 2:51 pmLOST: Finally explained! Mysteries Solved! Secrets Revealed!
September 6th, 2016 at 10:27 amView PostsCloseJeremy Akins
Running a Successful PUV Auditing Program
August 21st, 2017 at 12:49 pmView PostsClose
Gregory Allison
Greg Allison joined the School of Government (then the Institute of Government) in 1997. Prior to that, he was assistant director for the Technical Services Center of the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. He also served as finance director for the City of Morganton, North Carolina. Allison began his governmental career as a senior accountant and auditor for Deloitte and Touche. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and serves on the board of directors of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. He is author of A Preparer’s Guide to Note Disclosures and Accounting Issues and Practices: A Guide for Smaller Governments. He is co-author of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting: Theory and Practice, 8th Edition. Allison earned a BA in accounting from North Carolina State University and has been licensed by the State of North Carolina as a Certified Public Accountant since 1986. He was named the Albert and Gladys Coates Term Lecturer for Teaching Excellence for 2002–2004.
ARP Accounting and Financial Reporting in North Carolina
October 21st, 2022 at 2:12 pmAre You Certifiable 2.0?
October 22nd, 2018 at 12:30 pmOf Interest to You
January 30th, 2018 at 9:52 amIt’s the Lease of My Worries!
November 7th, 2017 at 8:31 amWhat Fun Awaits?
July 19th, 2017 at 10:24 amYou Are Doing WHAT to the Governmental Funds?? – Part 3, The Long-Term Approach
May 2nd, 2017 at 1:44 pmYou Are Doing WHAT to the Governmental Funds?? – Part 2, The Short-Term Approach
April 18th, 2017 at 1:19 pmYou Are Doing WHAT to the Governmental Funds?? – Part 1, The Near-Term Approach
April 4th, 2017 at 12:24 pmInvitation to Comment – Or Invitation to Disaster?? The Long Slog to a New Financial Reporting Model Begins!
March 7th, 2017 at 4:39 pmWhose Assets Are They Anyway?
February 6th, 2017 at 4:45 pmIt is Going to Cost HOW Much to Retire It??
January 4th, 2017 at 2:39 pmYay!! I’m Certified!! Now What?
December 3rd, 2016 at 12:28 pmAre You Sure We Don’t Have Tax Abatements?
October 10th, 2016 at 3:46 pmWelcome!
August 19th, 2016 at 4:51 amView PostsClose
Kirk Boone
Kirk Boone joined the School of Government in 2014. Previously, he was the North Carolina sales and consulting lead for Tax Management Associates Inc. in Charlotte. Boone began his governmental career in 1992 with the North Carolina Department of Revenue, where he was a property valuation specialist for 18 years. He is designated a Certified North Carolina Appraiser by the North Carolina Association of Assessing Officers, from which he has received the Presidential Award. He is also designated a Personal Property Specialist by the International Association of Assessing Officers, where he is a national instructor and the co-author of several exams as well as a course, The Assessment of Personal Property. He is an Appraiser Qualifications Board certified USPAP instructor.Boone earned a BA, cum laude, in mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Are Sheds Real or Personal Property? Yes.
February 27th, 2025 at 3:14 pmWho Says You are an Appraiser? Appraisal and other Property Tax Certifications, Credit Hours, and Designations
September 14th, 2021 at 2:15 pm2021 Virginia Cup Effort
February 21st, 2020 at 4:02 pmA New Collection Available from an Old Resource
May 10th, 2019 at 8:42 amNorth Carolina Assessors and Disaster Recovery
September 11th, 2018 at 2:28 pmThe NC Candidates’ Club Challenge
May 17th, 2018 at 3:26 pmA Reappraisal Citizen Advisory Committee, would it work?
May 16th, 2018 at 4:13 pmAssess what Exists, and Ghost Assets do not
April 27th, 2018 at 2:01 pmAre You Calculated or Deeded?
February 16th, 2018 at 3:01 pmAcronyms Online, USPAP, PTAX, and PTEP
February 16th, 2018 at 12:58 pmMaybe We Should KISS and Make Up
December 13th, 2017 at 5:16 pmTransparency with your Business Personal Property Audit Program
August 18th, 2017 at 1:59 pmIAAO Course Prerequisites
June 14th, 2017 at 6:27 pmAppraisal and Reappraisal. Just Do It?
May 11th, 2017 at 3:03 pmAre you a Tax Administrator or a Tax Supervisor? Of course you aren’t
April 12th, 2017 at 5:07 pmTo Lower, or Not to Lower, That is the Question
February 14th, 2017 at 3:52 pmPlanning for success (Part 2)
January 13th, 2017 at 9:56 amPlanning for Success (Part 1)
December 19th, 2016 at 9:56 amAre all North Carolina County Property Tax Appraisers Subject to USPAP?
November 14th, 2016 at 9:46 amSpeaking the Same Language with Data
October 3rd, 2016 at 9:37 amDark Stores
September 6th, 2016 at 10:56 amView PostsCloseCary Christian
Municipalities and the Great Recession
September 18th, 2017 at 1:30 pmView PostsCloseChristopher Goodman
Do cities and counties circumvent state policy? One potential mechanism.
July 19th, 2017 at 10:44 amView PostsClose
Marcus Kinrade
Wake County Revenue Director
New Technology for Demand Related Challenges?
September 7th, 2018 at 7:14 pmView PostsCloseChris Nida
Chris Nida serves as Director of Research and Policy Analysis for the North Carolina League of Municipalities. In that role he manages the League’s research program, analyzes the impacts of legislation on North Carolina’s cities and towns, and produces the League’s annual projections of state-collected local revenue.
The Increasing Difficulty in Financing Cities
October 17th, 2016 at 11:53 amView PostsCloseMike Smith
Dean’s Message, GiveUNC Day
April 10th, 2018 at 10:10 amView PostsClose
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