Accounting Today

JUNE 11, 2025

Elliott Davis is based in Greenville, South Carolina, with over 800 employees, 60 partners and eight offices. "He has long been a trusted advisor to our clients and a respected leader within our firm. John lives our values, embraces our mission, and is fully prepared to guide Elliott Davis into its next chapter."

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Accounting Today

JUNE 13, 2025

SOUTH CAROLINA Elliott Davis, Greenville, announced the selection of John Otten as its next CEO, effective July 1, and succeeding Rick Davis, who held the role for over 18 years and will stay at the firm in an advisory role.

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Insightful Accountant

JUNE 6, 2025

Top ProAdvisor Profiles: Debi Choi by William Murphy, Insightful Accountants Top ProAdvisor Award Process Administrator June 6, 2025 11:53 AM RSS Print Expand This week, our Top ProAdvisor profile focuses on Debi Choi of Sage Growth Advisors of Simpsonville, South Carolina.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 22, 2024

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Cherry Bekaert

JUNE 18, 2024

Contributor: Nick Cousino, Senior Manager A new South Carolina tax credit that encourages private parties to expand the state’s ever-growing trail system went into effect May 13. Therefore, South Carolina taxpayers who may qualify for the trails credit should plan to take advantage of the credit from tax years 2024 through 2028.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 21, 2025

The stateSenatevoted April 21 to oust South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis over a yearslong accounting error, leaving the statewide official a vote by the House away from being removed from office for willful neglect of duty.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 11, 2023

A South Carolina woman was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by preparing and filing false tax returns. Boroughs for the District of South Carolina made the announcement. Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Attorney Adair F.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 14, 2023

A South Carolina woman was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by preparing and filing false tax returns. Boroughs for the District of South Carolina made the announcement. Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Attorney Adair F.

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TaxConnex

MARCH 21, 2024

The Court of Appeals of South Carolina has affirmed a state Administrative Law Court (ALC) finding that the online retail giant remains liable for eight figures in unpaid sales tax on third-party sales from 2016, interest and penalties. Here’s a review of some of the recent changes and updates. Amazon still liable.

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TaxConnex

AUGUST 17, 2021

Looking at each of the two transactions individually helps to make the answer clear: Let’s look at a distributor in Arkansas who sells to a retailer in South Carolina (at that retailer’s request) and drop ships the product to the retailer’s customer in Illinois. Not all states are alike. Let’s look at a different example.

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TaxConnex

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In South Carolina, membership fees to for-profit gyms can be exempt if the gym has aerobics/calisthenics, weightlifting or exercise, running tracks, racquetball and swimming pools. Throw in basketball courts, though, and the memberships incur sales tax. States don’t take membership sales tax lightly.

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TaxConnex

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Nevada , Texas , South Carolina and New Jersey are among the first states mandating surcharges on retail sales subject to sales tax. South Carolina restaurants are charging an average of 3 percent as a surcharge.). Lately they’ve been followed by retailers, notably restaurants , nationwide. States to watch.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 26, 2025

billion accounting error where a South Carolina Senate Finance panel recommended removal of Treasurer Curtis Loftis, senators alleged the treasurer is in violation of federal law. In a scathing report into the $1.8

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CPA Practice

APRIL 8, 2025

South Carolina lawmakers want to move on from outside independent auditor CliftonLarsonAllen after a 20-year relationship.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

a construction accounting-focused practice with four offices across North Carolina and South Carolina, effective Jan. The Atlanta-based top 100 accounting firm has acquired Smith Kesler & Co.,

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CPA Practice

APRIL 11, 2025

Facing a vote in the state Senate to remove him from office, South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftisis asking the state Supreme Court to stop the planned hearing in the General Assemblys upper chamber.

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Accounting Today

MAY 15, 2025

The Top 75 Firm based in Atlanta is expanding into Greenville, South Carolina, effective June 1, 2025.

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TaxConnex

JULY 8, 2021

The holidays may only cover state sales tax but not local sales taxes, as in South Carolina (which, like other states, has no price cap on eligible items). Other unusual exempt items include certain chain saws in Virginia and bed linen in South Carolina. Many states’ holidays are fixed and annual (but not all!).

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TaxConnex

MAY 26, 2022

As an example, a distributor/wholesaler in Arkansas sells to a retailer in South Carolina and drop ships to the retailer’s customer in Illinois. Instead, they are leveraging other suppliers/distributors who “drop ship” directly to the customer.

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TaxConnex

AUGUST 15, 2024

South Carolina cuts meat packers a tax break for every dressed deer or wild hog they send to a food pantry. You can get a big tax break in New Mexico if you just live to 100. Louisiana lets small private aircrafts soar tax-free, and Connecticut extends that to bigger planes. Some taxes are used to benefit specific groups.

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TaxConnex

JUNE 1, 2021

South Carolina, for instance, gives a slightly better break for electronic filing rather than paper filings. Some states, like Indiana and Wisconsin, vary the discount depending on the amount of tax collected and remitted.

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Withum

AUGUST 14, 2024

On August 9, 2024, the IRS announced relief from certain tax filing and payment deadlines for individuals and businesses in all of South Carolina, most of Florida and North Carolina, and part of Georgia that were affected by Hurricane Debby.

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TaxConnex

MAY 14, 2024

(Marketplace facilitators can also be called on the carpet just like individual remote sellers can if they fail in sales tax obligations, as happened recently to Amazon in South Carolina.) Note that a facilitator such as Amazon might also have warehouses in many states to store the inventory of its sellers.

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CPA Practice

MAY 16, 2025

The merger, which is effective June 1, aligns with the top 75 firm's mission to offer comprehensive accounting and advisory solutions to clients while expanding its footprint in key markets, Mauldin & Jenkins Managing Partner Hanson Borders said.

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TaxConnex

AUGUST 24, 2021

If you are selling through a marketplace, the majority of states now have these laws in place, including, recently , Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, South Carolina and North Carolina.

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TaxConnex

MARCH 22, 2022

Colorado, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio and Louisiana are among states offering a discount for prompt payment; Arizona gives a better discount for e-filers; Florida and South Carolina offer both. among other conditions, to qualify for these discounts. Michigan offers progressively better discounts for progressively prompter payment.

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TaxConnex

JANUARY 11, 2022

Origin and destination sourcing figure big in South Carolina. In Maryland, the shipping charge becomes taxable when it’s combined with handling. Give a buyer in Louisiana the option to contract separately for shipping and the cost becomes tax-exempt.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 25, 2023

A South Carolina return preparer has pleaded guilty, after his jury trial had begun, to two counts of filing false tax returns. Attorney Adair Boroughs for the District of South Carolina and Special Agent in Charge Donald Trey Eakins of IRS-Criminal Investigation, Charlotte Field Office, made the announcement.

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Cherry Bekaert

MAY 27, 2024

South Carolina legislature recently passed both an expansion and extension of the Abandoned Buildings Revitalization Act , which has been instrumental in the revitalization of abandoned and neglected properties across the state.

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Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The IRS is giving South Carolina residents impacted by the storm later filing and payment dates.

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TaxConnex

MAY 19, 2022

South Carolina voters may approve a local option tax through county referendum. Recent examples include: Arizona counties and cities can charge an additional local sales tax and the state also has more than 500 special jurisdictions with local sales taxes in addition to the state sales tax.

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TaxConnex

DECEMBER 28, 2023

States expected to be hit hardest by falling sales tax revenue are Idaho, South Dakota, Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida. Only seven states are forecasting growth exceeding 5%, while eight forecast declines in sales tax revenues in fiscal 2024. Delivery fees “Sales taxes” are starting to take different forms.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 30, 2025

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftisvowed to complete his term despite two other state financial officers involved in the yearslong state accounting issues having left their jobs.

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TaxConnex

JULY 20, 2021

Some recent examples include the following: Arizona and South Carolina now allow certain local jurisdictions to diverge from the state sales tax base. You may be wondering if other states will embrace the concept of allowing local jurisdictions to administer their own sales tax programs.

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TaxConnex

JANUARY 28, 2021

South Carolina has extended through June 30, 2021, relief that it previously announced regarding the establishment of income and sales tax nexus solely because an employee is temporarily working in a different work location due to COVID-19. 20 and not to any withholding required to be paid on an accelerated schedule.

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TaxConnex

MAY 7, 2024

South Carolina has stated that a company’s sales and rentals of digital textbooks are exempt from sales and use tax. It is not a substitute for the Rhode Island General Laws or for Rhode Island Division of Taxation regulations, rulings, or notices.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

Even then, however, such states as Massachusetts, Michigan, South Carolina and Maryland were among those continuing to extend filing and sales tax payment relief that had started during the pandemic. Illinois, on Jan. About this time, Maryland started popping up in the news for spearheading a new effort in sales tax.

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