South Carolina: Sales Tax Handbook
2020 List of South Carolina Local Sales Tax Rates
Lowest sales tax (6%) Highest sales tax (9%)
South Carolina has state sales tax of 6%, and allows local governments to collect a local option sales tax of up to 3%. There are a total of 116 local tax jurisdictions across the state, collecting an average local tax of 1.524%. Click here for a larger sales tax map, or here for a sales tax table.
Combined with the state sales tax, the highest sales tax rate in South Carolina is 9% in the cities of Charleston, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Myrtle Beach and Charleston (and eighteen other cities).
Last updated December 2020South Carolina County-Level Sales Taxes
In the map of South Carolina above, the 46 counties in South Carolina are colorized based on the maximum sales tax rate that occurs within that county. Counties marked with a in the list below have a county-level sales tax. You can also download a South Carolina sales tax rate database.
| County Name | Tax Rate |
|---|---|
| Abbeville County | 7% |
| Aiken County | 8% |
| Allendale County | 8% |
| Anderson County | 7% |
| Bamberg County | 8% |
| Barnwell County | 8% |
| Beaufort County | 8% |
| Berkeley County | 8% |
| Calhoun County | 8% |
| Charleston County | 9% |
| Cherokee County | 8% |
| Chester County | 8% |
| Chesterfield County | 8% |
| Clarendon County | 8% |
| Colleton County | 8% |
| Darlington County | 8% |
| Dillon County | 8% |
| Dorchester County | 7% |
| Edgefield County | 7% |
| Fairfield County | 7% |
| Florence County | 8% |
| Georgetown County | 6% |
| Greenville County | 7% |
| Greenwood County | 8% |
| Hampton County | 8% |
| Horry County | 9% |
| Jasper County | 9% |
| Kershaw County | 8% |
| Lancaster County | 8% |
| Laurens County | 7% |
| Lee County | 8% |
| Lexington County | 7% |
| Marion County | 8% |
| Marlboro County | 8% |
| Mccormick County | 8% |
| Newberry County | 7% |
| Oconee County | 6% |
| Orangeburg County | 7% |
| Pickens County | 7% |
| Richland County | 8% |
| Saluda County | 8% |
| Spartanburg County | 7% |
| Sumter County | 8% |
| Union County | 7% |
| Williamsburg County | 8% |
| York County | 7% |
South Carolina City and Locality Sales Taxes
Cities or towns marked with an have a local city-level sales tax, potentially in addition to additional local government sales taxes. Click on any city name for the applicable local sales tax rates.
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