Top state business leaders, lawmakers and small-business owners from a hodgepodge of industries are fuming over the S.C. Department of Revenue’s efforts to charge a tax on services.
A report in Saturday’s Post and Courier of a North Charleston business that waters plants and now faces a hefty tax bill for its services raised concern among other small business owners who service and repair items — heating and air-conditioning systems, computers, cars — prompting them to call on state lawmakers and trade associations for help.
“We’re just flabbergasted,” said S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce President Frank Knapp. “I didn’t know this existed.”