SC’s Movie, TV Industries Watch Tug of War for State, Federal Tax Incentives The size of any area’s movie and television production industries depends heavily on how much business [...]
Path Continues for Repeal of Tax on Reserved Parking Benefit for Churches, Nonprofits A legislative package approved in June by the House Ways and Means Committee means that lawmakers [...]
SC’s Sales Tax Holiday Weekend Arrives with Range of Predictions From Friday through midnight Sunday, South Carolina shoppers will get a break on the state’s 6% sales tax and [...]
Study: Columbia is Nation’s 4th-Most Popular City Where Millennials are Moving The third annual study by financial advisory website SmartAsset found that a net gain of 6,554 millennials moved [...]
Opportunity Zone Credits Help Break Ground for Tech Office in Charleston’s Upper Peninsula After many years of delays, construction for the long-delayed $54 million development for the Charleston Tech Center [...]
Charleston is Travel + Leisure’s No. 1 U.S. City for 7 Straight Years Charleston beat out Santa Fe and New Orleans to be named the No. 1 U.S. city by [...]
View from the Dome – June 28, 2019 By Copper Dome Strategies, LLC The General Assembly returned to Columbia one final time on Tuesday, June 25, to deal with the governor's vetoes [...]
As SC Drivers Pay More Gas Tax in July, Road Construction is Slow to Take Off Monday will mark when South Carolina drivers must pay 2 cents more per [...]
Berkeley County Property Tax Reassessment Notices Sent; Dorchester to Follow Property tax bills changes are arriving outside Charleston’s metro area. Reassessment notices for land and buildings have been sent [...]
May was Record Month for Cargo Volume at Port of Charleston The State Ports Authority announced that the 204,457 containers moved through the Port of Charleston in May broke a [...]
As South Carolina consumers and retailers prepare for August’s annual Sales Tax Holiday, the state Department of Revenue has submitted a Public Draft for comment that features a list of eligible items and [...]
View from the Dome – June 7, 2019 By Copper Dome Strategies, LLC The first session of the 123rd General Assembly adjourned Sine Die on May 10, but the General Assembly returned [...]
Comments are Open Until July 1 for New Draft of W-4 Withholding Form The IRS and the Treasury Department have released it latest draft of the W-4 withholding form to [...]
House Bill Asks for Bitcoin to be Counted for Campaign Funding The House judiciary committee is considering a bill that would allow political candidates to accept digital currency to [...]
Richland County Pays $1M to Start Reimbursing Up to $3.4M in Penny Tax Funding The Richland County Council approved for $1 million from its general fund to be transferred [...]
Darla Moore: State’s Businesses Should Use Leverage to Demand Education Reform Darla Moore, one of South Carolina’s most prominent business leaders and philanthropists, called for urgent action on education [...]
Legislators Urge Business Community to Influence Them on Tax Reform As a legislative session is underway where tax reform debate is in the spotlight, the S.C. Chamber of Commerce [...]
McMaster’s Budget Blueprint Calls for Pay Raises for Teachers, $200M in Tax Rebates Among the priorities in Gov. Henry McMaster’s 2019-20 executive budget proposal are requests for a 5% [...]
McMaster’s Inaugural Address Promises Reforms for Education, Taxes, Business Republican Gov. Henry McMaster pledged in his inaugural address to reform the state’s tax code, made a commitment to the [...]
New SC Tax Rules Among Laws Now in Effect Starting New Year’s Day Of the nearly 300 laws introduced from South Carolina’s 2017-18 legislative session, some went into effect [...]
