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Both Rhode Island and South Carolina have enacted similar provisions to allow taxing second homes, especially very valuable second homes, at a higher rate.

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Hannah Pingree, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (Maine Public)

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Why we checked itSpecific claim that two named states have enacted laws allowing higher tax rates on second homes — verifiable against state legislation records.
What we foundRhode Island did enact a new higher tax specifically on high-value second homes, but South Carolina's comparable provision is a long-standing constitutional flat differential applying to all second homes regardless of value, not a newly enacted measure targeting especially valuable ones.
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