City of Aiken, SC Aiken This Week, 19 May 2015

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From YouTube: Aiken This Week - May 19, 2015 : Hospitality Tax & Businesses

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Aiken This Week sits down with Nathan Campbell, the City of Aiken's Business License Manager, to discuss the newly implemented Hospitality Tax and what Aiken businesses need to know before it goes into effect.

We discuss:
• When the Hospitality Tax takes effect
• Which businesses are affected
• Rates
• Dues dates
• Penalties for nonpayment
• Frequency of payment
• What sale items are included under the tax
• How to prepare for collection

Anyone with questions about the Hospitality Tax can contact Nathan Campbell directly at (803) 642-7642, licenses@cityofaikensc.gov, or visit www.cityofaikensc.gov for more information.

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Hello, my name is Steven Hale I'm, a freelance writer in aiken, I'm here with nathan campbell he's the business license administrator with the city of aiken hell over Nathan collected okay in the interest of transparency, we've been asked to give a question and answer on the city of aikens new hospitality tax just levied in order to support tourism and to make downtown infrastructure improvements, which will be paid primarily by visitors Nathan.

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When did the texts go into effect? City.

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Council approved the tax on May eleventh, and the tax will go into effect on june. First and.

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Where will this text be, in effect,.

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The tax will be, in effect only in the city limits of aiken and be four restaurants: hotels, gas stations that prepare that sell, prepared, meals. What.

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Are the rights the.

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Rate is one percent on any prepared meals or beverages sold at the business. Okay,.

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What is the due date for payment of the text by a business? The.

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Due date would be the twentieth of the following month after collection, okay,.

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Are there any parent excuse me: are there any penalties for non-payment? Yes,.

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There be a penalty of five percent for per month after the collection date. Okay,.

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Most of the tax be paid every month, the.

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Text will be paid each month by businesses collecting fifty dollars or more in the tax. If it's going to be twenty-five dollars twenty-five to fifty dollars per month, then they can pay on a quarterly basis and if they're, the business is only going to collect, $25 or less per month in hospitality tax, they can pay us on an annual basis.

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Is taxed by the hospitality tax, the.

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Hospitality tax is a gross sales tax based on sales of prepared meals and beverages, so that includes meals and beverages sold at a bar prepared beverages. There any prepared meals sold at restaurants in a hotel restaurant, any food items prepared meals, sold at delhi's or bakeries in grocery stores, and also anything sold at a gas station. That's prepared there and.

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What is the most important fact? You want people to know about the hospitality titles most.

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Important fact businesses need to know is that they need to have their systems ready to collect the tax by June. First, they can if they have any questions or comments or concerns, they can give me a call at 80, 364, 276, 42 or email us at licenses at city of aiken, SC, govt or visit. Our website, which is WWE Diva in SC govt, are.

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Most businesses in aiken, aware of the taxes. Oh it's coming. They.

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Should be, of course, it was in the paper, but we've also sent letters to all the businesses that we thought would be responsible to pay the tax to their mailing address of their business license. Thank.

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