Researchers in the Self Center provide insight and analysis on timely state issues.

• Citizen Engagement in South Carolina (2011)
• The Economic Situation: Views from South Carolinians (2011)
• Views on K-12 Spending in South Carolina: Self Portrait Perspectives (2011)
• The Changing Quality of Life Preferences (2011)
• Education in SC: A Capital Investment for All (2009)
• The Cigarette Tax: More Support From New Number (2008)
• Carbon Trading: Opportunities, Challenges and Distributional Effects in the United States

This series of policy briefs written by Senior Scholar Holley Ulbrich and other offers clear, concise analysis of current tax issues in South Carolina aimed at the average interested citizen who wants to understand what is at stake in proposed legislation or in reconsidering existing tax policies.

• Using Fees and Charges to Fund Government
• To Earmark or Not to Earmark
• Property Tax Assessment Rates
• Tax Expenditures: Using Tax Credits and Deductions as Policy Tools
• Principles of a Good Revenue System
• Taxation of Internet and Catalog Sales
• Updating Excise Taxes
• Taxing Services
• State Property Tax Comparisons - Residential Property
• Point of Sale Assessment
• Assessment Caps and Point of Sale Provision
• Comparing Taxes Across States
• Why You Should Care About the Index of Taxpaying Ability

To download a compilation of the above articles, please use the link below:

• Taxation in South Carolina - Issues and Challenges