Organizations interested in applying for Accommodations Tax Funds or Temporary Alcohol Beverage License Fee Funds (Festivals) from Lexington County for the Fiscal Year 2025/26 should complete an application for appropriate funding source.  Application deadline is Friday, January 3, 2025.  Please see links below for instructions and applications.

Accommodations Tax Funds FY 2025/26

Must be used for tourism-related expenditures which comply with Section 6-4-10 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended.

• Application Instructions
• Application for FY 2025/26
• Attachment A - Advertisements
• Attachment B: Project/Event Budget
• Attachment C: Project/Event Description
• Expenditures Form
• Funding Source Form
• Final Report Form
• Form W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification (New Applicants Only)
• Lexington County Bidder/Vendor Application (New Applicants Only)

Please note: Organizations are required to provide an audit of how funds were used during the preceding fiscal period of July 1 - June 30 prior to applying for subsequent funding. Disbursement of funds will be made after the festival and will require an accounting of all revenues and expenses with copies of supporting documentation. Please include the Final Report Form (enclosed) with your supporting documents. Any funds not accounted for must be returned to Lexington County at the end of the fiscal year.

 

Mail Completed Forms to:

FY 2025/26 Accommodations Tax Fund
  Lexington County Council
    212 South Lake Drive, Suite 601
     Lexington, SC 29072

Temporary Alcohol Beverage License Fee Funds (Festivals) FY 2025/26

Funds are for Lexington County festivals only.

• Application Instructions
• Application for FY 2025/26
• Attachment A - Festival Description
• Festival Funding Source Form
• Festival Expenditures Form
• Festival Final Report Form
• Form W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification (New Applicants Only)
• Lexington County Bidder/Vendor Application (New Applicants Only)

Please note: Organizations are required to provide an audit of how funds were used during the preceding fiscal period of July 1 - June 30 prior to applying for subsequent funding. Disbursement of funds will be made after the festival and will require an accounting of all revenues and expenses with copies of supporting documentation. Please include the Final Report Form (enclosed) with your supporting documents. Any funds not accounted for must be returned to Lexington County at the end of the fiscal year.

 

Mail Completed Forms to:

     FY 2025/26 Festival Application
      Lexington County Council
      212 South Lake Drive, Suite 601
    Lexington, SC 29072

Please contact the Lexington County Council office for questions at countycouncil@lexingtoncounty.sc.gov or by phone at 803-785-8103.