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Finance Department
The Finance Department is responsible for maintaining the financial integrity of the Town and providing a wide range of financial support services. Its mission is to support Town staff, policy makers, and citizens by providing quality financial services and information to promote prudent decision making that maintains long-term financial stability.
Get to know our Finance Department and how they budget, track, and manage public funds for the Town by watching the video below.
Online Bill Pay:
Pay Water Bill
View Prior Water Bills
Beach Driving Permit
Other Payments
(Parking ticket, dumpster/trash can purchase or parts, business license, surety deposit, first flight market, incident reports, Planning fees)
Town of Kill Devil Hills Public Service Department
Bill Payment Warning
Reports have been made of customers receiving emails from DOXO, soliciting services to make online payments for utility bills. Using DOXO can cost the customer unnecessary fees, possibly delinquent bills and disconnections. The Town of Kill Devil Hills is NOT affiliated with DOXO in any way.
DOXO (doxo.com) is a third-party online bill payment website– they are NOT affiliated in any way with the Town of Kill Devil Hills.
We advise customers to only use the Town of Kill Devil Hills website and the Payments customer portal for online bill payments. Using other non-affiliated websites will be at a customer’s own risk.
To make an online payment through the Paymentus customer portal: https://ipn.paymentus.com/cp/kdh
Below is more information from the Federal Trade Commission: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-takes-action-against-bill-payment-company-doxo-misleading-consumers-tacking-millions-junk-fees
Click here Version OptionsFinance DepartmentOnline Bill Pay:Bill Payment Warning HeadlineBudget Information:Business Registration:Property Taxes: Version OptionsFinance DepartmentOnline Bill Pay:Bill Payment Warning HeadlineBudget Information:Business Registration:Property Taxes: for a downloadable/printable version of the budget snapshot for fiscal year 2026.
Budget Information:
Every year the Town implements an operating budget.
View the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2025/2026 and a budget snapshot.
How is it developed? Town departments carefully consider what they need to effectively and efficiently operate their offices. Some budget items that each department may consider are personnel costs, equipment, capital improvements, and other projects. At the beginning of the calendar year, requests are submitted to the Finance Department by each Town department for the coming Fiscal Year (Fiscal years run from July 1 - June 30).
The Finance Department compiles the submitted requests and analyzes the expected income, which is based from projected revenues; this is then submitted to the Town Manager who is the acting Budget Officer for review.
Once reviewed, by the Budget Officer, a recommended budget is presented to the Board of Commissioners for their consideration. The Board of Commissioners holds several worksessions and meetings, and advertises these with notices so that the public can attend and share any comments as well. Once the Board of Commissioners adopts the budget, the Finance Department publishes and executes it.
Where do the revenues come from? Revenues come from Federal/State grants, property tax, occupancy, land transfer, and sales taxes, permit fees, site plan fees, water and septic fees, ABC/mixed beverage fees, business registrations, and other miscellaneous items such as dog licenses and beach driving permits.
KDH Popular Annual Financial Report
Are you interested in how taxpayer dollars are used to operate Kill Devil Hills’ services?
The Town of Kill Devil Hills Finance Department is proud to present the third edition of our Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR). This report is designed to provide those with an interest in the Town’s financial activities a summary of our financial operations in a concise and user-friendly format. It’s our hope that the PAFR helps everyone gain a better understanding of the Town’s financial activities and our commitment to fiscal integrity and sound financial management. In addition, our aim with this report is to provide a level of transparency that gives the utmost confidence in how your Town operates.
The Town prides itself on its comprehensive and quality services, all provided while maintaining a sound financial position. We hope that you find it to be informative. As you review this PAFR, please feel free to share any questions, concerns, or recommendations you may have with us by emailing Angell Doughtie, Finance Director.
While thorough, the PAFR is an abbreviated version of the Town’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for fiscal data ending June 30, 2025. The PAFR is intended to be a supplement to the ACFR; the ACFR provides an in-depth reporting of the Town's financial status.
Past PAFRs can be found and viewed at the bottom of this webpage.
Business Registration:
Are you looking to start a business in Town or do you have a long standing business? If so, be sure you register your business annually with our Finance Department.
Business registration forms are available at the cashier's counter, 2nd floor of Town Hall, and they may be mailed, faxed or emailed to you by calling 252-449-5338.
Property Taxes:
The Dare County Tax Department is charged with billing and collection of property taxes. Their office may be contacted at 252- 475-5952.
Property taxes are based on the "value" of your property as determined at least every eight years by the Dare County Tax Assessor's Office.
The county is required to develop and use standards, rules and procedures that are applied equitably to similar types of properties. These standards are developed based on market value transactions that have occurred within the county, construction costs, and analysis of conditions affecting our local market prior to the date of the most recent countywide reappraisal. The assessed value of your property, established as a result of the revaluation, should represent the price a typical buyer would be willing to pay for the property in its condition, on January 1 of the year of the most recent countywide reappraisal, which was January 1, 2025.
Financial Resources:
(Please note that the following files may be large and could take some time to upload.)
Adopted Budgets
- FY 2025/2026 Adopted Budget
- FY 2024/2025 Adopted Budget Electronic Version (Downloadable)
- FY 2023/2024 Adopted Budget
- FY 2022/2023 Adopted Budget
- FY 2021/2022 Adopted Budget
- FY 2020/2021 Adopted Budget
- FY 2019/2020 Adopted Budget
Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFRs)
- FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- FY 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- FY 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- FY 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- FY 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- FY 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
- FY 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
Popular Annual Financial Reports (PAFRs)
- 2025 Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR)
- 2024 Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR)
- 2023 Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR)
Notices of Income / Expenses Related to Inspections & Permitting
Quarterly Reports
The quarterly reports document the actual expenses by the Town for the quarter ending on the following date:
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