The Auditor's office calculates millage to satisfy annual budget requirements for Charleston County, including 43 tax districts. In addition, this office calculates, creates and mails tax bills for real estate, mobile homes, motor vehicles, watercraft, aircraft and business-owned personal property.

Duties

• Calculate, create and mail tax bills for all real and personal property
• Calculate and issue agricultural property tax rollback bills
• Process claims for tax refunds on real and personal property
• Process motor vehicle high-mileage and reappraisal appeals
• Process motor vehicle license plate returns and tax refunds
• Provide customer services at each Service Center
• Provide public access to and assistance with archival property records of real estate transactions and plat revisions
• Update and maintain records of all real and personal property
• Update and maintain archival records of all sales or conveyances of real property, including plat measurement changes
• Update and maintain current addresses of real estate property owners for tax billing
• Accept applications and qualify taxpayer requests for Homestead Exemptions on primary residences
• Assess business personal property, rental residential property, motor vehicles, boats and motors, and aircraft
• Qualify 4 percent assessment ratios for live-aboard boat owners claiming the boat as their primary residence