tax free weekend in charleston: Sales Tax Holiday - Tax Free Weekend in SC - 2011
- 08/01/11 02:00 AM
Sales Tax Holiday - Tax Free Weekend in SC - 2011 The annual Sales Tax Holiday, or tax free weekend in SC will be held August 5 thru Aug 7, 2011. The purpose of this holiday is to help familes prepare for school, and equates to shoppers getting a tax break on school supplies. Sales tax in SC is 6%, plus local option tax of 2.5% (1% local option sales tax, 1.5% transportation tax) for Charleston county. If you spend $100 this weekend on school supplies, you will only pay $100. No tax will be added to your final bill. That would be a savings of $8.50. Eligible (2 comments)