Horry County weighing 1% sales tax hike that could lower property tax bills

The South Carolina Attorney General has cleared Horry County to seek voter approval on a new 1% local option sales and use tax.

Myrtle Beach's sales tax could become the highest in SC. The tradeoff would be lower property taxes.

Horry County voters could swap a higher sales tax for lower property taxes, but the move would make Myrtle Beach's sales tax ...