Get NC Form 3 2016-2024

How to Get Forms To download forms from this website, go to NC Individual Income Tax Forms. To order forms, call 1-877-252-3052. Touch tone callers may order forms 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You may also obtain forms from a service center or from our Order Forms page.

Every partnership doing business in North Carolina must file a partnership income tax return, Form D-403, for the taxable year if a federal partnership return was required to be filed. (Exception: A partnership whose only activity is as an investment partnership is not considered to be doing business in North Carolina.

Penalties. A taxpayer will be assessed a penalty of $50 per day, up to a maximum of $1,000, for failure to file the informational return by the date the return is due. A taxpayer will be assessed the $200 penalty for failure to file Form NC-3 in the format prescribed by the Secretary.

If you are unable to file Form NC-3 and the required statements electronically, mail this form and the required statements with your check or money order to: North Carolina Department of Revenue, PO Box 25000, Raleigh, North Carolina 27640-0001.

During the calendar year, if you terminate your business or permanently cease paying wages, non-wage compensation, and pension payment subject to North Carolina income tax withholding, Form NC-3 and the required W-2 and 1099 statements must be filed within 30 days of the last payment.

What is eNC3? North Carolina law requires all employers and other payers, who are required to or voluntarily withhold North Carolina income taxes, to file Form NC-3 and the required W-2 and 1099 statements electronically using the eNC3 and Information Reporting Application.

Electronic filing and payment methods are available through the Department's website at .ncdor.gov.

Form NC-3 reconciles the total North Carolina income tax withheld as listed on the W-2 and 1099 statements with the amount of tax reported as withheld for the year. If you are required to withhold or you voluntarily withheld North Carolina income taxes, you must file Form NC-3.