Goldenseal Payroll
Software Info
US Federal Withholding
Tables
Free 2021 Payroll
Tax Table Updates
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South Carolina has state income tax withholding. The
payroll tax tables changed slightly in 2021 (there have been 11 changes in the past 31 years).
For a long time, the South Carolina tables use subtraction rather than addition for each "step"-- one of only a few states to do so. In 2017 they added the option to use additions instead, so we switched to that for our tables. Both methods give the same results.
HINT-- Turtle Creek Software provides free annual updates for
US federal and South Carolina tax withholding rates.
South Carolina
State Withholding Instructions |
To enter withholding information for one of your employees,
follow these steps:
- Choose
Employees from the Accounts
menu.
- Use
the browser control to see
the employee record.
- Click the Payroll Setup
button.
- Enter
the employee's marital status
into the Marital
Status field (see note
below).
- Choose
a Tax Package for the employee
(see note below).
- Enter
the number of federal dependents
into the Federal Exemptions
field.
- Enter
the number of dependents
into the State Exemptions
field.
- Enter
the South CarolinaTax Package
into the Tax Package field. HINT--
If you don't see it in the
list, you'll need to import the
tax info first.
- Click OK.
If an employee uses the 'zero deduction' option for state
withholding, assign the
Zero Deduction tax package
to them in the Tax Package
field of the Employee
account. Otherwise use
the standard state Tax
Package, when you enter
data into Goldenseal
payroll software. |
South Carolina
State Unemployment Tax Instructions |
In 2021 the South Carolina SUTA unemployment
insurance tax is based
on the first $14,000
in wages for each employee
(unchanged from last year). The new company
rate is 3.4%. After the
first year the rate
is calculated based
on the employer's experience
factor-- rates range
from 1.24% to 6.10%,
including a .6% contingency
charge.
To enter the South Carolina SUTA tax rate
for your business, follow these steps:
- Choose
Payroll Setup from the Costs
menu, and choose Tax Items
from the submenu.
- You'll
see a list of Tax Items.
Locate the South Carolina
SUTA tax in the list, and
double-click on it. HINT:
If you don't see S Carolina
SUTA in the list, you'll
need to import your
state's payroll info first.
- Enter
the percentage rate for your
business into the percentage
field to the right of Calculation
method.
- If
the cutoff amount has changed,
enter it into the dollar
field to the right of First
Adjustment.
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South
Carolina
Marital Status |
Enter any of the following values into the
Marital Status popup field in each Employee account:
- Single-
single employee with
one personal exemption
- Married-
married employee
with two personal
exemptions
- Dual
Income- married
employee with one
personal exemption
- Head
of House- employee
claims Head of
Family status
- Other-
not used
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South
Carolina
Tax Contacts |
Payroll withholding website
Payroll Tax Office-- 803 898-5000
Forms-- 803 737-5000
SUTA-- 803 737-2400
South Carolina Tax Commission
PO Box 125
Columbia SC 29214 |
Official
State Lawn Ornament |
South of the Border sticker.
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