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Finance

Taxes and Forms

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Property Taxes

Property taxes are the City's largest revenue source, comprising roughly half of all General Fund revenues each year.

Property taxes are levied on all residential, commercial, and personal property in the City of Clemson. The tax levy on a particular piece of property is determined by three factors: market value, assessment ratio, and millage rate.

Pickens County also collects a Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) - a 1% sales tax on purchases that is then used to offset these property taxes. 

Property taxes are payable to Pickens County, not the City of Clemson. 


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Hospitality and Accommodations Taxes

There is a 1% hospitality fee and a 1% hospitality tax imposed on the sales of prepared meals and beverages sold in establishments or sales of prepared meals and beverages sold within an establishment.


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Business License Tax

A business license is an excise tax levied on the privilege of doing business in the City of Clemson. The value of that privilege is measured by a business's gross income. Even though it is measured by gross income, a business license is not a sales, property, or income tax.


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