Should South Carolina conform to federal tax law changes?

Tax & Budget
Blog · February 8, 2018

To freedom-loving South Carolinians, the only worse words than “federal” and “conformity” spoken singly are “federal conformity” spoken jointly. The most current relevance of federal conformity refers to whether South Carolina should change its tax code to match the provisions of the sweeping (and very positive) tax law passed by Congress and signed by President

Pension Forecast: Still Stormy

Tax & Budget
Blog · September 8, 2017

Transitioning to a defined contribution retirement plan for new state employees would be wise public policy for South Carolina taxpayers and would help us keep our promises to past, present and future state employees.