Charleston County, SC
CPA & Tax Services in Charleston County, SC
The county holds the Port of Charleston, the aerospace payroll around North Charleston, and the beach communities on Folly, Sullivan’s and the Isle of Palms. Haigler CPA Group works with individuals and business owners across the county — Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Folly Beach and Isle of Palms — from the firm’s office on James Island in Charleston.
Served from
2012 Wappoo Drive, Charleston SC 29412
Charleston County is a service area. There is no office here.
What Charleston County actually asks us
The 4% and 6% assessment distinction does more work here than almost anywhere in the state, because so much residential property is a second home or a rental rather than a legal residence.
Charleston County is one of the state’s larger counties in the Lowcountry, and the work reflects that rather than a standard menu: returns and planning for the people and businesses that are actually here, with bookkeeping where the books are the thing holding the return back.
- Charleston, SC
- North Charleston, SC
- Mount Pleasant, SC
- Folly Beach, SC
- Isle of Palms, SC
If you are outside those, the county line is what matters rather than the town — anywhere in Charleston County is the same engagement.
Property tax, in one paragraph
Because so much residential property in the county is a rental or a second home rather than someone’s legal residence, the 4% and 6% assessment split is the single biggest lever on a local property tax bill. The 4% legal-residence ratio is not automatic — it has to be applied for on the property that qualifies.
South Carolina also exempts the first $50,000 of a legal residence’s fair market value from property tax for owners aged 65 or over, totally and permanently disabled, or legally blind. It is applied for with the county auditor rather than on the income tax return, and it is a separate thing from the 4% ratio — the two are routinely confused for one another.
How the engagement works
The office is in Charleston, so an in-person meeting is easy to arrange. Documents still move through the secure portal rather than email, and we will say plainly when something needs a specialist rather than a generalist.
Looking for the town rather than the county? Charleston, SC has its own page, and it goes into more detail than this one does.
Services for Charleston County clients
Business Tax
Year-round planning, corporate returns, pass-through entities and multi-state compliance.
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1040 preparation, tax-saving strategy, and multi-state or expatriate filings.
Learn moreMergers & Acquisitions Tax
Due diligence, deal structuring, and exit or succession planning.
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IRS audits, penalty abatement, appeals, and back-tax resolution.
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Schedule E, depreciation, 1031 exchanges, and the short-term rental loophole.
Learn moreBookkeeping Services
Clean books, reconciled monthly, ready for tax time.
Learn moreTax Planning & Advisory
The plan that ties entity choice, timing, property and exit decisions together.
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Next steps
- Schedule a consultationWhat the first conversation covers, and what is worth having to hand.Go
- Industries we serveWhere the practice concentrates, and what that means for you.Go
- Documents to bringA checklist for the first conversation, so the second is about answers.Go
- Frequently asked questionsEngagement, service area, deadlines, documents and IRS notices.Go
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Tell us what you are dealing with and we will tell you how we would handle it.