Nearly a million in taxes owed by this Broadway at the Beach company. What to know.
Broadway at the Beach’s ride operator owes nearly a decade’s worth of taxes.
Broadway Amusement Rides LLC operates attractions at the retail site, such as Observation Wheel and Action Park. However, Broadway Amusement Rides LLC owes nearly a million dollars in taxes, according to Horry County’s Online Tax Payment website.
The website showed unpaid notices going back to 2015. Broadway Amusement Rides LLC began operating rides at the retail center in 2014, according to a press release from Broadway at the Beach.
Broadway Amusement Rides LLC’s registered agent for the state, William Prescott, did not return a request for comment before publication. Melissa Armstrong, a marketing director for Broadway at the Beach’s owner, Burroughs & Chapin, also did not return a request for comment before publication.
It’s unclear how the company continues to operate despite not paying its taxes. The company’s rides at Broadway at the Beach —one of the most visited sites in South Carolina— did pass their most recent safety inspections in 2024, according to the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Amusement Ride Inspection Lookup.
South Carolina Department of Revenue Public Information Coordinator Tim Smith did not return a request for comment before publication. Amber Rhodes, a revenue collector for Horry County told The Sun News that if tax bills are categorized as unpaid on Horry County’s Online Tax Payment website, then it’s unpaid.
Rhodes added that the South Carolina Department of Revenue determines how much an entity is taxed, and Horry County collects those tax payments. Rhodes also said companies like Broadway Amusement Rides LLC could be working with the SC Department of Revenue to address late taxes, but that would not be reflected on Horry County’s Online Tax Payment website.
