South Carolina Sales Tax Overview
South Carolina’s sales and use tax rate is 6 percent. Most retail sales are subject to sales and use taxes. Additionally, counties may add up to 1 percent discretionary sales tax to the state’s sales tax rate if residents of the county vote for it.
Rates and Local Variations
Including these local taxes, the lowest sales tax rate in South Carolina is 6% in 21 cities, including Greenville and Taylors, and the highest sales tax is 9% in 44 cities, including Myrtle Beach and Charleston.
Management of Sales Tax
Who manages South Carolina sales tax and what is their contact information? The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) manages sales tax in the state. Their website, dor.sc.gov, contains sales tax information and ways to contact them.
Tax-Free Weekend
Most purchases of clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks that cost less than $100 are exempt from sales tax during the tax-free weekend. For 2024, the tax-free weekend is August 2-4, 2024.
Shoppers save a collective average of $2-3 million on each tax holiday in South Carolina. It began in 2000 in the state, and unlike Georgia, which dropped its tax-free holiday two years ago, the S.C. one is still going strong.