AN ACT to appropriate funds for tax fraud analytics.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Revenue the sum of four million four hundred thousand dollars ($4,400,000) in recurring funds beginning with the 2026‑2027 fiscal year to be used to continue and expand the Department's tax fraud analysis contract through the Government Data Analytics Center (GDAC). These funds shall be used to fund detection analytics, software, information reporting, collections case management, collections optimization, managed services, and technical infrastructure. The Department shall continue to coordinate with GDAC and utilize the subject matter expertise and technical infrastructure available through existing GDAC public‑private partnerships for fraud detection and analytics infrastructure.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2026.