H.3111 would impose a fourteen cent per gallon gas tax hike, the proceeds of which would be used to improve road conditions and supporting infrastructure. The legislation includes a provision that automatically sunset the legislation every five years if the current average wholesale price of fuel is greater than the average wholesale price over the …
Posted: January 20, 2017 by South Carolina Policy Council
H.3075 – Tax Credit for Employers Who Allow Employees to Attend Their Children’s Educational Events
H.3075 would require state employers to allow their employees eight hours a year to attend their children’s non-sporting educational events. This bill also creates an income tax credit for private-sector employers with at least fifty employees to provide the same benefit for their employees. The credit would equal fifty percent of base pay of the …
Posted: January 20, 2017 by South Carolina Policy Council
H.3095 – Sales Tax Exemption for Portable Toilet Rentals
H.3095 would increase the sales tax exemption for the rental or lease of portable toilets from seventy percent of gross proceeds to one hundred percent, and would include proceeds from portable toilet service and maintenance incident to the lease. South Carolina’s tax code is riddled with tax breaks to select industries and special interests and …
Posted: January 20, 2017 by South Carolina Policy Council
H. 3304 – Special Purpose Districts for Clean Energy
H. 3304 would allow for the creation and implementation of special purpose districts for promoting the use of clean energy resources such as natural gas, solar and other sources of energy. Any district created would have the power to levy assessments on qualifying real estate inside of the district. The use of clean energy may increase, …
Posted: January 20, 2017 by South Carolina Policy Council
H.3111 – Gas Tax Hike
H.3111 would impose a fourteen cent per gallon gas tax hike, the proceeds of which would be used to improve road conditions and supporting infrastructure. The legislation includes a provision that automatically sunset the legislation every five years if the current average wholesale price of fuel is greater than the average wholesale price over the …
Posted: January 20, 2017 by South Carolina Policy Council
H.3088 – Gas Tax Advisory Referendum
H.3088 is a joint resolution to conduct an advisory referendum in the 2018 election to gauge voters’ support for a gas tax increase. The question would ask if voters would be in favor of increasing the motor fuel tax and the road tax for the next ten years for a total of ten cents per gallon. …