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South Carolina 2019 Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Population in 2019 : not available
Total Revenue Lost: 
$467,191,316

Concerned about the lack of disclosure? We have created institutional schematics for the implementation of GASB Statement No. 77 on Tax Abatement Disclosures in the 50 states and DC: Learn who's in charge of compliance in our ROADMAP PROJECT. You can also get a CSV file of the localities in SC that did not make any tax abatement disclosures in their annual financial reports.

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State-level programs

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Program Name Program Type Revenue Loss
(N/A - no disclosure) (N/A - no disclosure) not reported
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL $0

Tabulated localities and districts

Click on the name of jurisdiction for a list of tax abatement programs that reduced its tax revenue.

Reporting Jurisdiction Jurisdiction Type Gross Revenue Loss
Columbia Municipality $4,131,936
Mount Pleasant Municipality $36,000
North Charleston Municipality $17,794,088
Rock Hill Municipality $1,776,506
Abbeville County School District School district $10,056
Aiken County Public Schools School district $24,068,222
Allendale County School District School district $0
Anderson County School District 1 School district $6,251,000
Anderson County School District 2 School district $707,000
Anderson County School District 3 School district $1,855,149
Anderson County School District 4 School district $3,827,142
Anderson County School District 5 School district $25,085,000
Bamberg School District 1 School district $232,280
Barnwell School District 45 School district $4,841,038
Berkeley County School District School district $54,021,717
Calhoun County Public Schools School district $3,536,000
Charleston County School District School district $32,250,847
Cherokee County School District 1 School district $7,167,906
Chester County School District School district $15,147,000
Chesterfield County School District School district $4,045,824
Clarendon County School District 2 School district $0
Clover School District 2 School district $522,000
Colleton County School District School district $226,894
Darlington County School District School district $4,394,777
Denmark-Olar School District 2 (Bamberg 2) School district $358,789
Dillon County School District 3 School district $728,336
Dorchester County School District 2 School district $5,578,000
Dorchester County School District 4 School district $8,483,703
Edgefield County School District School district $190,507
Fairfield County School District School district $943,134
Florence County School District 1 School district $13,143,664
Florence County School District 3 School district $770,972
Florence County School District 4 School district $803,000
Florence County School District 5 School district $28,757
Fort Mill School District 4 School district $10,276,989
Georgetown County School District School district $1,849,010
Greenville County Public Schools School district $41,342,000
Greenwood County School District 50 School district $5,517,566
Greenwood County School District 51 School district $274,656
Greenwood County School District 52 School district $5,594,117
Hampton County School District 1 School district $0
Hampton County School District 2 School district $141,817
Horry Public Schools School district $472,921
Jasper County School District School district $3,407,000
Kershaw County School District School district $5,433,000
Lancaster County School District School district $11,452,008
Laurens County School District 55 School district $2,351,999
Laurens County School District 56 School district $1,594,405
Lee County School District School district $248,077
Lexington County School District 1 School district $17,098,109
Lexington County School District 2 School district $5,666,000
Lexington County School District 3 School district $238,521
Lexington County School District 4 School district $489,780
Lexington County School District 5 School district $1,422,687
Marion County School District School district $335,000
Marlboro County School District School district $1,708,000
Newberry County School District School district $4,366,000
Oconee County School District School district $975,000
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 3 School district $7,789,227
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 School district $424,000
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 School district $7,618,324
Pickens County School District School district $1,013,000
Richland County School District 1 School district $11,600,607
Richland County School District 2 School district $9,533,129
Rock Hill School District 3 School district $4,496,011
Saluda County School District 1 School district $0
Spartanburg County School District 1 School district $296,397
Spartanburg County School District 2 School district $2,387,342
Spartanburg County School District 3 School district $3,051,000
Spartanburg County School District 4 School district $466,625
Spartanburg County School District 5 School district $31,303,058
Spartanburg County School District 6 School district $3,071,900
Spartanburg County School District 7 School district $3,544,496
Sumter School District School district $8,900,000
Union County Schools School district $3,613,213
Williamsburg County School District School district $2,327,144
Williston School District 29 School district $0
York School District 1 School district $543,937
TABULATED LOCALITY AND DISTRICT TOTAL $467,191,316

Local government reporting rate

We estimated the reporting rate among local governments for each state using 2018 and 2019 data. This is to gauge how much data is available in that state.

For South Carolina, the estimated reporting rate is as follows:

Cities/counties: 41 out of 53 CAFRs or financial statements we examined provided information on tax abatement programs in accordance with GASB Statement No.77.

School districts: 54 out of 59 CAFRs or financial statements we examined provided information on tax abatement programs in accordance with GASB Statement No.77.