(The Center Square) -North Carolina has more than enough money to pay its outstanding bills and earned a B grade in the 16th annual Financial State of the States 2025 report. Released Thursday by Truth In Accounting, the analysis for fiscal year 2024 – ending June 30, 2024 – said any state with a taxpayer surplus between $1 and $9,999 gets a B. The report says $74.6 billion is available to pay $57.6 billion worth of bills, generating a $17 billion surplus or $4,700 per taxpayer in the nation’s ninth largest state. Neighbors Tennessee (fifth, $10,900 per taxpayer) and Virginia (12th, $6,800) are ahead in per taxpayer surplus; Georgia (19th, $4,000) and South Carolina (35th, $8,500 deficit) trail. The bottom lines are reached by taking money needed to pay bills and dividing by the number of taxpayers.