Sales tax in Horry County, South Carolina

What is the sales tax rate in Horry County?

The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in Horry County, so the rows above do not add up to them.

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Horry County?

At 8%, a $100 purchase carries $8.00 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $80.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 9%, the same purchases carry $9.00 and $90.00. That is general merchandise; South Carolina taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among South Carolina's 46 counties, Horry County's lowest rate ranks 4th highest, level with 24 other counties. See every South Carolina county.

Sales tax in counties next to Horry County

Horry County borders 6 counties, 3 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 6.75% in Brunswick County, NC, which is $12.50 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Horry County.

Why the rate here is not the whole story

South Carolina's state sales tax is 6 percent and Horry County adds 2 percent in county-wide local sales taxes approved by referendum of the county's voters, made up of a 1 percent Transportation Tax and a 1 percent Education Capital Improvement Tax, for a combined 8 percent. South Carolina cities and towns cannot levy a general sales tax except for a 1 percent Tourism Development Fee, which only a municipality in a county whose state accommodations tax revenue reaches 14 million dollars in a fiscal year may impose, and Myrtle Beach is the only municipality in the state that imposes one, which puts Myrtle Beach at 9 percent against 8 percent everywhere else in the county. Unprepared food that can be bought with USDA food coupons is exempt from the state 6 percent and from every local tax imposed in this county, so qualifying groceries are untaxed.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in Horry County?

Use South Carolina's own address lookup. In Horry County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 8% to 9%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Horry County?

Any seller with a physical presence in South Carolina collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes South Carolina's economic nexus threshold. South Carolina sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.

Work out your own numbers

• Sales tax calculator

  Tax on a specific purchase at this county's rate, and the total you will actually pay.

• Do you have to collect?

  Whether your sales into South Carolina cross its economic nexus threshold. A different question from the rate.

• Property tax in Horry County

  The other local tax: effective rate and median bill for this county.

• Sales tax by county

  Every US county, and how South Carolina compares with the rest of the country.