Some still being charged extra 1% sales tax in Beaufort County

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After collecting $152 million for road improvements across the county, the Beaufort County penny sales tax ended in September 2012 -- but reports are coming in that at least some Bluffton businesses have failed to stop charging the 1% sales tax.

The Island Packet has a report; read it here.

Have you seen any sales tax over charges in Beaufort or North of the Broad?

South Carolina's base sales tax rate is 6%.

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