BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 14, 2024) -- Accommodations Tax (ATAX) Grant Applications for Fiscal Year 2025 are now available from the City of Beaufort. The application may be accessed on the City’s website here on the City’s Finance Department page (https://bit.ly/3ysHWsN) or at the City Hall, Finance Department, 1911 Boundary Street. For additional information contact the ATAX Administrator Jay Phillips at jphillips@cityofbeaufort.org, (843) 525-7071.
Mandatory Learn and Share Workshops: The City of Beaufort will hold mandatory workshops for applicants at the Beaufort City Hall, Community Development Conference Room, 1911 Boundary Street, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, and at 10 a.m. and Friday, Aug, 30.
All potential applicants are required to attend one of the two mandatory workshops.
Deadline: Applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13.
Presentation: Applicants will present their requests to the TDAC in the Council Chambers on Friday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
More about the ATAX grants: South Carolina established in the 1980s a 2 percent tax on overnight accommodations in addition to the statewide sales tax. South Carolina Code of Laws Title 6 Chapter 4 Allocations of Accommodations Tax Revenues states how those monies are to be allocated. A small portion of the ATAX money stays in the local municipality or county where it is collected. The remainder must be used to attract and provide for tourists and must be spent on tourism-related expenditures that promote tourism and attract visitors.
Learn more about the FY2024 process
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