(A) Assessments, payments under protest, and appeals of assessment shall be allowed and conducted by the municipality pursuant to the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-410, as amended. In preparing an assessment, the license official may examine such records of the business or any other available records as may be appropriate and conduct such investigations and statistical surveys as the license official may deem appropriate to assess a business license tax and penalties as provided herein.
(B) The license official shall establish a uniform local procedure consistent with S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-410 for hearing an application for adjustment of assessment and issuing a notice of final assessment; provided that for particular types of business licenses, including without limitation for business licenses issued to businesses subject to business license taxes under Article 20, Chapter 9, Title 58, and Chapters 7 and 45, Title 38, of the South Carolina Code, the municipality, by separate ordinance, may establish a different procedure and may delegate one or more rights, duties, and functions hereunder to the Municipal Association of South Carolina.
(Ord. 20-014, passed 8-11-2020; Ord. 2021-028, passed 11-9-2021)