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Myrtle Beach Short-Term Rental Laws

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina STR compliance: Myrtle Beach permits vacation rentals only in eligible areas and requires zoning, business-license, and fire approvals. Review property eligibility, Business License with zoning and fire approval, South Carolina accommodations tax, and renewal actions from official sources.

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Compliance layers

A Clear Answer, Then a Path Forward.

Critical Finding

See whether the property can operate now, what blocks it, and which exception may apply.

Address Context

Confirm zoning, current land use, jurisdiction, and the rules that actually govern the address.

Required Approvals

Get the permits, licenses, documents, inspections, and tax registrations needed before launch.

Recommended Path

Follow prioritized next steps, deadlines, renewal duties, and viable alternatives when rules change.

Occupancy tax calculator

Estimate occupancy tax in Myrtle Beach

Enter the nightly rate and stay length to estimate the lodging taxes and guest total for this jurisdiction.

Gross rent$150.00 × 3 nights
$450.00
Mandatory taxable feesRequired cleaning, resort, or similar fees included in the tax base.
$0.00
South Carolina state sales tax on accommodations (5%) $450.00 × 5%
$22.50
South Carolina state accommodations tax (2%) $450.00 × 2%
$9.00
Estimated taxes and fees
$31.50

Guest pays

$481.50

Assumptions used

  • Common short-stay boundary: The displayed estimate is limited to 1–89 nights and does not allocate longer-stay exemptions or first-N-night rules.
  • Deterministic state or common base: The room charge plus one mandatory-fee input is used only where the cited official lodging guidance establishes that common taxable base.

What may change the final amount

  • Local or property-specific tax layers are outside the base estimate. Myrtle Beach and Horry County local accommodations, sales, and preservation components are excluded from the statewide base and may increase the result. This factor is excluded from the displayed estimate and may increase the result; verify it with the cited official source before filing.
Open the full occupancy tax calculator

Estimated tax is $31.50. Estimated guest total is $481.50.

Estimate only. Verify the property jurisdiction, exemptions, taxable charges, filing duties, and marketplace collection with the linked official sources.

Decision rule

Myrtle Beach: resolve “Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use” before relying on the Business License with zoning and fire approval

Myrtle Beach permits vacation rentals only in eligible areas and requires zoning, business-license, and fire approvals.

Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use. This is the first property-level screen for the Myrtle Beach filing.

Renew the business license annually and preserve the property’s zoning eligibility. Treat renewal status as part of continued eligibility, not an administrative afterthought.

  • Business License with zoning and fire approval

    Myrtle Beach permits vacation rentals only in eligible areas and requires zoning, business-license, and fire approvals.

    Warning

Local facts that distinguish Myrtle Beach

Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use. Only after that result can this address move from research to an active Business License with zoning and fire approval.

Legal posture
Myrtle Beach permits vacation rentals only in eligible areas and requires zoning, business-license, and fire approvals.
Local approval
Business License with zoning and fire approval
Eligibility boundary
Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use.
Property or operator condition
Obtain zoning confirmation before treating the business-license filing as viable.
Approval prerequisite
Complete the required fire and safety review before occupancy.
Continuing duty
Renew the business license annually and preserve the property’s zoning eligibility.

Test the Myrtle Beach address against its local rules

Apply “Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use” to the actual parcel and rental model before opening the Myrtle Beach government case.

  • Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use

    Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use. Retain the official Myrtle Beach result that proves this condition; a contrary result stops the Business License with zoning and fire approval path.

    Required

  • Obtain zoning confirmation before treating the business-license filing as viable

    Obtain zoning confirmation before treating the business-license filing as viable. Retain the official Myrtle Beach result that proves this condition; a contrary result stops the Business License with zoning and fire approval path.

    Required

  • Complete the required fire and safety review before occupancy

    Complete the required fire and safety review before occupancy. Retain the official Myrtle Beach result that proves this condition; a contrary result stops the Business License with zoning and fire approval path.

    Required

Move the Myrtle Beach decision “Obtain zoning confirmation before treating the business-license filing as viable” into an active Business License with zoning and fire approval

Start with “Obtain zoning confirmation before treating the business-license filing as viable”; the resulting local record keeps the Myrtle Beach land-use decision distinct from tax registration and renewal.

  1. Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use

    Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use. The observable result is a property-specific record supporting this eligibility decision; otherwise correct the address or rental model before filing.

  2. Obtain zoning confirmation before treating the business-license filing as viable

    Obtain zoning confirmation before treating the business-license filing as viable. The observable result is a property-specific record supporting this classification decision; otherwise correct the address or rental model before filing.

  3. Complete the required fire and safety review before occupancy

    Complete the required fire and safety review before occupancy. The observable result is a property-specific record supporting this prerequisite decision; otherwise correct the address or rental model before filing.

  4. Submit after documenting “Complete the required fire and safety review before occupancy”

    Use https://www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com/ShortTermRentalZoneMap.pdf. Keep the Myrtle Beach case identifier and agency response alongside the evidence for “Complete the required fire and safety review before occupancy”; payment or submission alone is not proof that the Business License with zoning and fire approval is active.

  5. Set up South Carolina South Carolina accommodations tax

    South Carolina has a state accommodations-tax regime for transient room charges. Use the Department of Revenue account and retain gross-rental and exemption records.

  6. Preserve the Myrtle Beach approval after issuance

    Renew the business license annually and preserve the property’s zoning eligibility.

Separate the Myrtle Beach charge from South Carolina tax

City of Myrtle Beach does not state a verified fixed fee in this guide; before payment, use its cited application after resolving “Complete the required fire and safety review before occupancy”.

Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use. The resulting Myrtle Beach approval and the South Carolina accommodations tax record solve different compliance problems; neither substitutes for the other.

  • South Carolina accommodations tax

    South Carolina has a state accommodations-tax regime for transient room charges.

  • Marketplace and direct bookings

    Local accommodations assessments may add a separate return or rate.

  • State filing control

    Use the Department of Revenue account and retain gross-rental and exemption records.

Keep the Myrtle Beach approval aligned with the licensed property

Renew the business license annually and preserve the property’s zoning eligibility.

  • Retain the active Business License with zoning and fire approval

    Match the issued record to Myrtle Beach, the property address, and the approved rental class while continuing to satisfy “Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use”.

    Required

  • Continue to satisfy: Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use

    Recheck this Myrtle Beach condition together with the continuing duty “Renew the business license annually and preserve the property’s zoning eligibility” before changing ownership, occupancy, unit configuration, or the listing model.

    Required

  • Continue to satisfy: Obtain zoning confirmation before treating the business-license filing as viable

    Recheck this Myrtle Beach condition together with the continuing duty “Renew the business license annually and preserve the property’s zoning eligibility” before changing ownership, occupancy, unit configuration, or the listing model.

    Required

  • Maintain South Carolina records

    Local accommodations assessments may add a separate return or rate. Use the Department of Revenue account and retain gross-rental and exemption records.

    Required

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Business License with zoning and fire approval. Myrtle Beach permits vacation rentals only in eligible areas and requires zoning, business-license, and fire approvals.

Check the official zoning map because many residential areas do not allow the use.

Obtain zoning confirmation before treating the business-license filing as viable. Complete the required fire and safety review before occupancy.

South Carolina accommodations tax. South Carolina has a state accommodations-tax regime for transient room charges.

Renew the business license annually and preserve the property’s zoning eligibility.