The city of Fountain Inn announced Sept. 18 residents and businesses with Laurens County properties will see a decrease in their local option sales tax credit when they receive their 2024 tax notice.
The change was caused by a mathematical error at the Laurens County Auditor’s office on 2023 tax bills which created an artificial and miscalculated decrease in property taxes. Because of the miscalculation, the Laurens County Treasurer did not collect or remit to the city of Fountain Inn over $400,000 in the last completed fiscal year…