HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Horry County leaders would be cleared to ask voter approval for an extra 1% sales tax levy, a state legal opinion concluded last week.
Right now, there’s an 8% surcharge on eligible items — 6% from the statewide sales tax rate and then additional assessments for education and transportation capital improvements.
State law allows for a local option sales and use tax most to offset mill rate increases, which is what Horry County leaders are considering, but officials wanted a state Attorney General’s Office opinion.
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“We have discovered no language that suggests a county is prohibited from imposing the LOST while a city within a county is imposing the TDF,” Assistant Attorney General Sabrina C. Todd concluded. “Should the voters in your county approve the LOST while the TDF is imposed in any portion of the county, clarity in the property tax bills will be important.”…