South Carolina Incentives/Policies for Renewables & Efficiency |
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Last DSIRE Review: 08/10/2012
Program Overview:
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South Carolina |
| Incentive Type: |
Sales Tax Incentive |
| Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: |
Fuel Cells, Hydrogen, Fuel Cells using Renewable Fuels |
| Applicable Sectors: |
Commercial, Industrial |
| Amount: | 100% of sales tax |
| Equipment Requirements: | Equipment must be used to produce or research hydrogen fuel cells |
| Start Date: | 10/1/2007 |
Authority 1:
Date Enacted:
Date Effective:
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S.C. Code ยง 12-36-2120.71
6/27/2007
10/1/2007
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Summary:
South Carolina offers a sales tax exemption for "any device, equipment, or machinery operated by hydrogen or fuel cells, any device, equipment or machinery used to generate, produce, or distribute hydrogen and designated specifically for hydrogen applications or for fuel cell applications, and any device, equipment, or machinery used predominantly for the manufacturing of, or research and development involving hydrogen or fuel cell technologies."
A sales tax exemption may also be taken on building materials used to construct a new or renovated building or purchases of machinery for a research district. A research district is defined as land owned by the state, county or other public entity that is designated by the University of South Carolina, Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina State University or the Savannah River National Laboratory. If the exemption is taken on building materials, however, the amount of sales tax that would be assessed without the exemption must be re-invested by the taxpayer in hydrogen or fuel cell machinery or equipment in the same research district within two years of the original purchase.
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Contact:
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Shannon Baxter-Clemmons, Ph.D
South Carolina Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance
PO Box 12302
Columbia, SC 29211
Phone: (803) 545-0189
Phone 2: (803) 545-1090
Web Site: http://www.schydrogen.org
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