Short-term stays in Greenville County owe South Carolina's 7% accommodations sales tax plus the 2% statewide accommodations tax. The county's own tourism levy is a 2% Local Hospitality Tax on prepared meals and beverages, not a tax on lodging, so there is no separate county lodging tax.
State law imposes a 7% sales tax on lodging furnished to transients, and a further 2% state accommodations tax applies statewide. Counties may adopt a local accommodations tax up to 3% (up to 1.5% inside a city without consent) under the Local Accommodations Tax Act, Section 6-1-500 et seq. Greenville County's published finance materials, however, only describe a 2% Local Hospitality Tax on 'all prepared meals and beverages' in the unincorporated county, remitted by the 20th of the following month. Confirm current local rates with County Financial Operations before quoting a nightly total.
Failure to collect or remit the county Hospitality Tax carries a 5% penalty per month on the amount due; unremitted state tax is enforced by the SC Department of Revenue.
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