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TO BUILD A POND: Does it impact your agricultural use exemption?

December 16, 2022

A landowner inherited a family timber tract located in Charleston County originally purchased by their grandfather as a timber investment property in 1936. Since that initial purchase, the family, through three (3) generations, has managed the property for timber production.

SC Unemployment Insurance Tax Rates Drop for 2015

April 08, 2015

On October 31, 2014, the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) released the 2015 unemployment insurance tax rates. Unemployment insurance tax rates for wages paid between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015 will drop approximately 9%, according to the S.C. DEW.  Favorable economic conditions and a strong labor market have contributed to the reduction.