S.C. Code Regs. § 117-302.2 - Containers

The sale of materials, containers, cores, labels, sacks or bags used incident to the sale and delivery of tangible personal property or used by manufacturers, processors, or compounders in shipping tangible personal property are not subject to sales and use taxes.

"Materials" is defined to include, among other things, wrapping paper, twine, strapping, nails, staples, wire, lumber, cardboard, adhesives, tape, waxed paper, plastic materials, aluminum foils, and pallets used in packaging tangible personal property incident to its sales and delivery and used by manufacturers, processors, or compounders in shipping tangible personal property.

"Containers" is defined to include, but are not limited to, such items as, paper, plastic or cloth sacks, bags, boxes, bottles, cans, cartons, drums, barrels, kegs, carboys, cylinders, and crates.

"Cores" is defined to include spools, spindles, cylindrical tubes and the like on which tangible personal property is wound.

This exclusion applies to:

(a) labels affixed to manufactured articles to identify such products only when such labels are passed on to the ultimate consumer of such products.

(b) excelsior, cellulose wadding, paper stuffing, sawdust and other packing materials used to protect products in transit. Also excluded from the exemption are materials such as strapping and dunnage to temporarily brace or block tangible personal property within trucks and railroad cars as a protection during shipment.

(c) hogsheads, when used by a manufacturer, compounder or processor for the purpose of packaging tobacco for shipment or sale.

This exclusion does not apply to:

(a) address stickers and shipping tags.

(b) materials such as dry ice and rust preventives used to preserve property during shipment.

Notes

S.C. Code Regs. § 117-302.2