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The Department of Revenue publishes information letters to provide information to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value.
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Item Item SC Information Letter #25-3(South Carolina State Library, 2025-01-10) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. An index of South Carolina advisory opinions issued by the Department from 1987 through December 31, 2024, is attached.Item SC Information Letter #25-2(South Carolina State Library, 2025-01-10) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. This citator provides assistance in determining what effect new advisory opinions have on those previously published.Item SC Information Letter #25-1 (Revised)(South Carolina State Library, 2025-01-31) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. On January 6, 2025, the Department issued SC Information Letter #25-1, Local Sales and Use Tax Charts, Catawba Tribal Sales and Use Tax Chart and Exemption Information. The purpose of this Information Letter is to revise and clarify expiration dates for several counties.Item SC Information Letter #24-21(South Carolina State Library, 2024-12-18) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. The purpose of this information letter is to provide the county rankings for purposes of the job tax credit, counties qualifying for the corporate tax moratorium, and counties qualifying for the reduced fee in lieu of property tax.Item SC Information Letter #24-20(2024-12-03) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value.Item SC Information Letter #24-19(2024-11-18) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value.Item SC Information Letter #24-18(2024) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value.Item SC Information Letter #24-17(2024-10-07) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value.Item SC Information Letter #24-16(2024-10-07) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value.Item SC Information Letter #24-15(2024-09-30) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value.Item SC Information Letter #24-14(2024-09-30) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value.Item SC Information Letter #24-13(South Carolina State Library, 2024-08-23) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. The interest rate to be applied to underpayments and overpayments of taxes is listed below. The rate is compounded daily except simple interest applies to the underpayment of declaration of estimated tax.Item SC Information Letter #24-12(South Carolina State Library, 2024-08-13) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. The interest rate to be applied to underpayments and overpayments of taxes is listed below. The rate is compounded daily except simple interest applies to the underpayment of declaration of estimated tax.Item SC Information Letter #24-11(2024-07-25) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. The interest rate to be applied to underpayments and overpayments of taxes is listed below. The rate is compounded daily except simple interest applies to the underpayment of declaration of estimated tax.Item SC Information Letter #24-10(2024-06-26) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. This Information Letter gives notice that the sales and use tax exemption for durable medical equipment (DME) found in S.C. Code Ann. Section 1203602120(74) is now invalid and that sellers of DME are required to collect and remit sales tax on their sales of DME within this State after June 26, 2024. Additionally, this Information Letter addresses sales of DME to Medicaid and/or Medicare beneficiaries, where South Carolina or United States fund under either the Medicaid or Medicare programs are used to partially or fully pay for the DME on behalf of the beneficiaries.Item SC Information Letter #24-9(2024-06-28) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. An index of South Carolina advisory opinions issued by the Department from 1987 through June 30, 2024, is attached.Item SC Information Letter #24-8(2024-06-28) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. A citator of advisory opinions issued by the Department from 1987 through June 30, 2024, is available. This citator provides assistance in determining what effect new advisory opinions have on those previously published to the best of our knowledge. It does not include the effect new laws, regulations, or court decisions have on previously issued advisory opinions; it should not be relied on as a substitute for researching original sources of authority.Publication SC Information Letter #24-7(2024-07) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. Code Section 12-36-2120(57) provides for an annual three-day (72-hour) sales tax holiday for eligible sales taking place the first Friday in August through midnight the following Sunday night. This year, the sales tax holiday period is from 12:01 a.m. Friday, August 2, 2024 through midnight Sunday, August 4, 2024.Publication SC Information Letter #24-6(2024-06) South Carolina Department of RevenueAn Information Letter is a written statement issued to the public to announce general information useful in complying with the laws administered by the Department. An Information Letter has no precedential value. Effective May 20, 2024, Act No. 169 extended the sunsetting of the Abandoned Buildings Revitalization credit to December 31, 2035, and amended S.C. Code Ann. § 12-67-140(B)(3)(b) to provide “The entire credit earned pursuant to this subsection may not exceed seven hundred thousand dollars for any taxpayer in a tax year for each abandoned building site".Publication SC Information Letter #24-5(2024-05-14) South Carolina Department of RevenueIn 2008, the General Assembly enacted a sales and use tax exemption and an income tax credit as financial incentives for the purchase and installation of certain energy efficient manufactured homes in South Carolina. S.C. Code Ann. §§ 12-36-2210(B) and 48-52-870. The exemption and the credit were both effective beginning July 1, 2009, and were originally set to expire on July 1, 2019. In 2020, however, the General Assembly extended the expiration date for both the exemption and the credit to July 1, 2024. This Information Letter gives notice that the sales and use tax exemption and the income tax credit are expiring on July 1, 2024, and will no longer be available for use as of July 2, 2024