Frequently Asked Questions

If you have questions about our office or the services provided, you may find the answers here. Click a question to view the answer. If your answer is not found here, feel free to email this office at acfinance@skybest.com, call this office at 336-372-2826, or drop by our office at 348 South Main Street, Sparta NC.

• What is the finance office?

  • We do the human resources, payroll, and expenses for the county. We also collect occupancy tax and solid waste fees. We do not loan money.

• What hours are the office open?

  • From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. We do not close the office for lunch.

• Where is the office located?

  • The finance office is located at 348 S. Main St. on the basement floor. We are in the county administration building, the building beside Fifth Third Bank on US Hwy 21 South.

• What is occupancy tax and who has to pay it?

  • Occupancy tax is a tax charged to hotels, rentals, and inns that rent rooms. The county finance office collects this tax. All of it is passed on to the Chamber of Commerce.

• Why am I being charged a solid waste fee?

  • All businesses in the County will be charged a commercial solid waste fee per month. It is for the availability of the transfer facility/landfill to dispose of commercial trash.

• Why do we have to pay now, when before we weren't being charged anything?

  • Nothing can be put in the ground anymore. All trash has to be transported to another facility for disposal. Once your business has been added to our data base your business will be charged monthly.

• My business doesn't have any trash or has only one or two small bags per month. Why am I being charged a solid waste fee?

  • All business in the county will be charged a commercial solid waste fee per month. It is for the availability of the transfer facility/landfill when your business needs to dispose of trash.

• I pay a household solid waste fee on my taxes, but when I take a load of painted wood or shingles to the landfill I am being charged again, why?

  • Treated wood, shingles, or mixed loads of trash will be weighed and charged at $60.00 per ton. The county has to pay separately to transport these items to another facility. The household solid waste fee charged on taxes is for bagged garbage only.