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2026 is final year for the Saver’s Credit. A new retirement tax incentive is coming.

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By David Slade 
| Post and Courier
This tax year will be the last for the federal Saver’s Credit, so I’ll recap how to make use of that incentive for retirement saving. In 2027, it will be replaced by the Savers Match, which provided matching funds rather than tax credits for retirement savers. Both are aimed at encouraging people with moderate to low incomes to set money aside for retirement, but there are some key differences.
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Charleston County will spend $1.6 million to subsidize hotel to apartment conversion

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By David Slade 
| Post and Courier
NORTH CHARLESTON — Faced with an end-of-year deadline to spend or return millions in federal funding, Charleston County is giving $1.6 million to a company planning to buy a vacant hotel and convert it to affordable efficiency apartments. The subsidy works out to $17,000 per apartment and comes with a promise that 100 of the 134 expected units will meet low-income rent guidelines for 30 years. The developer told The Post and Courier the remaining apartments will be even more affordable.
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In the Charleston area, someone earning $65,800 is now considered 'low income'

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By David Slade 
| Post and Courier
In May of 2024 readers were surprised to learn from this column that across Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties an income of $58,900 was considered “low income” by the federal government. Well here we are, just two years later, and the latest numbers released this month by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development put the top of the “low income” range at $65,800 for the tri-county area. Yes, I know. So many people I see every day make considerably less than that.
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