SC Offers Unique Black Friday Opp: Tax Free Guns!
It’s nearly time to go shopping! On Friday, retailers will offer bargains on all kinds of holiday gifts just in time for the season. South Carolina is going one better: a sales tax holiday on Black...
View ArticleTug of War in SC Over Cigarette Tax
Even with a projected $1 billion budget gap looming, there are some items in South Carolina that are apparently “off the table” when it comes to taxation. Chief among them? Cigarettes. South Carolina...
View ArticleSanford Vetoes Cigarette Tax
Well, one thing we know about Sanford (alrighty, two, if you count the whole cheating on his wife and lying about it bit) is that he keeps his word… to the legislature. The governor of South Carolina...
View ArticleSC Legislature Overrides Sanford Veto
In a remarkable change, South Carolina has voted to increase its cigarette tax for the first time since 1977. Well, sort of for the first time. The legislature originally increased the cigarette tax...
View ArticleSC Says No to Amazon.com: What Now?
So wow. Color me completely shocked. Okay, not completely. But shocked. South Carolina legislators said no to Amazon.com’s bid for a sales tax exemption. And it was a big no. The vote wasn’t even...
View ArticleMaking It Rain: Alabama Considers Porn Tax On Strip Clubs, Magazines & More
Raise taxes or else. Those were the marching orders issued to the Alabama House of Representatives from Gov. Robert Bentley (R) earlier this year. Specifically, the “or else” included a threat to cut a...
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