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South Carolina Sales Tax Calculator

Invoicing clients or selling to customers and need to know how much sales tax to charge? Use our simple sales tax calculator to work out how much sales tax you should charge your clients. Input the amount and the sales tax rate, select whether to include or exclude sales tax, and the calculator will do the rest. If you don’t know the rate, download the free lookup tool on this page to find the right combined South Carolina state and local rate.

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What is the sales tax rate in South Carolina?

How much is sales tax in South Carolina?

The base state sales tax rate in South Carolina is 6%. Local tax rates in South Carolina range from 0% to 3%, making the sales tax range in South Carolina 6% to 9%.

Find your South Carolina combined state and local tax rate.

South Carolina sales tax rates vary depending on which county and city you’re in, which can make finding the right sales tax rate a headache. That’s why we came up with this handy South Carolina sales tax calculator.

Simply download the lookup tool and enter your state, in this case South Carolina. Add your county or city - and the tool will do the rest.

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South Carolina sales tax

How to calculate South Carolina sales tax?

To calculate the right sales tax in South Carolina you’ll need to add up the state, county and city rates for your location. The easiest way to do this is by downloading our lookup tool to get the detail you need in seconds.

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Once you’ve found the correct sales tax rate for your area, you need to figure out how much to charge each customer on their purchases.

Use the sales tax formula below, or the handy calculator at the top of the page, to get the tax detail you need.

Sales tax = total amount of sale x sales tax rate

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South Carolina sales tax rates by city.

CityMinimum combined rateCityMinimum combined rate

Aiken

8%

Greenwood

7%

Anderson

8%

Greer

6%

Charleston

8%

Hilton Head Island

7%

Charleston

8%

Mauldin

6%

Charleston

8%

Mount Pleasant

9%

Charleston

9%

Myrtle Beach

9%

Charleston

9%

North Augusta

8%

Columbia

8%

North Charleston

9%

Dorchester

7%

Richland

9%

Dorchester

7%

Rock Hill

7%

Easley

7%

Spartanburg

7%

Edgefield

7%

Spartanburg

7%

Florence

8%

Summerville

7%

Goose Creek

8%

Sumter

8%

Greenville

6%

South Carolina sales tax rates by county.

CountyMinimum combined rateCountyMinimum combined rate

Aiken County

8%

Horry County

8%

Anderson County

7%

Lancaster County

8%

Beaufort County

7%

Laurens County

7%

Berkeley County

8%

Lexington County

7%

Charleston County

9%

Marion County

8%

Cherokee County

8%

Newberry County

7%

Chester County

8%

Oconee County

6%

Chesterfield County

8%

Orangeburg County

7%

Colleton County

8%

Pickens County

7%

Darlington County

8%

Richland County

8%

Dorchester County

7%

Spartanburg County

7%

Florence County

8%

Sumter County

8%

Georgetown County

6%

Williamsburg County

8%

Greenville County

6%

York County

7%

Greenwood County

7%

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