The South Carolina sales and use tax law provides many exemptions from the tax for the agriculture industry. The exemptions are found in Code Section 12-36-2120 and include exemptions for livestock, feed, insecticides, chemicals, fertilizers, containers, labels, machinery, fuel, electricity, gas, and building materials. In order to obtain an exemption, all provisions of the exemption must be met. This regulation will explain these exemptions in more detail.

In many of the subsections of this regulation, examples of items exempt and not exempt are provided. These examples are not all inclusive.