North Carolina Department of Revenue Criminal Investigations Division

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Revenue Criminal Investigations addresses serious criminal violations of North Carolina tax laws. Department guidance distinguishes Revenue Law Enforcement agents investigating tax fraud from ordinary tax administration and collection processes. A disputed assessment, refund question or taxpayer identity-theft issue should be routed through the correct service rather than automatically treated as a criminal complaint.

How the agency is organized

The division operates within the Department of Revenue. Official case announcements identify investigations by its special agents, while the public fraud-report page supplies a dedicated referral process and a separate division mailing address. Routine revenue-service employees and all taxpayer-service offices are not separate police agencies.

Agency history and local context

Current official materials verify the specialized investigative function but do not establish a division founding date. Dated tax-case announcements can document activity without implying that charges establish guilt or that individual cases measure overall agency performance.

Official records and officer resources

The official fraud page directs referrals through its form or a written letter mailed to Criminal Investigations, PO Box 27431, Raleigh, NC 27611-7431. It explicitly says suspected fraud cannot be reported by telephone despite displaying a hotline heading. The mailing box is therefore retained in prose rather than mapped as a street headquarters; the web instructions should control the referral method.

FBI data · 2025

No unambiguous match for this agency was made in the FBI 2025 agency tables used for this directory. This does not mean the agency had no crime, no officers or no reporting obligation.

Blank or unavailable values remain “Not published.” Participating agencies and reporting scope vary. Campus figures concern the reporting institution; a city name does not expand them to all local residents. Read the data definitions and limitations.

Sources and review date

Official agency, government and institutional sources are linked below. Contact details and organizational information were reviewed September 24, 2026. Published statistical years are identified separately.

• Official tax fraud reporting instructions
• Distinction between revenue agents and regular taxpayer processes
• Dated special-agent investigation confirmation