South Carolina Personal Property Tax
The UltraTax / South Carolina Personal Property Tax application supports 1040, 1041, 1065, 1120, and 1120S entities. It prepares the personal property tax returns from depreciation data entered in the
Asset Detail
window.South Carolina forms and schedules
- Calculating forms:
- Form PT-100 — Business Personal Property Return
- Form PT-300 — Property Return
- Form PT-300Z — Schedule Z Lease Schedule
- Form PT-300A — Schedule A Manufacturing or Mining
- Form PT-300B — Schedule B Non-Contiguous Manufacturing
- Form PT-300C — Schedule C Research and Development
- Form PT-300D — Schedule D Corporate Headquarters Distribution Facility
- Form PT-300E — Schedule E Leased Utility
- Form PT-300F — Schedule F Leased Transportation for Hire
- Form PT-300G — Fee In Lieu of Tax Supplemental
- Form PT-300S — Schedule S Manufacturing Fee in Lieu of Tax
- Form PT-300T — Schedule T Non-Manufacturing Fee in Lieu of Tax
- Form PT-300X — Schedule X Improvement Schedule
- Non-calculating forms:
- Form PT-401 — Application for exemption
- Form PT-443 — Fee in lieu of Property Tax
- Form PT-401-O — Property Tax Exemption Application for Organizations
Depreciation treatments required for all SC PPT assets
The SC treatment needs to be entered for South Carolina Personal Property Tax returns.
note
If you previously entered depreciation data for only the Tax treatment, you can copy asset data from the Tax treatment the SC treatment.
Associations required for all SC PPT assets
- Situs:Each asset needs to haveSouth Carolinaselected in theSitusfield to transfer to the South Carolina Personal Property Tax return.
- Location ID#:Enter the account number for the location filing the property tax return. A property tax return is created for each unique account number and county entered. This information transfers to theProperty File Numberon Form PT-100, and to theSID Numberfield on Form PT-300. The maximum number of characters that transfer to Form PT-100 and Form PT-300 are 10 and 13, respectively.
- County - SC:Select the county in which the asset is located from the dropdown list.noteThe list for this association is maintained by UltraTax CS and Fixed Assets CS and can't be modified.
- Form type - SC:Select the return type for the location filing the property tax return. If this field is blank, UltraTax CS defaults to PT-100 as the return type for this asset.noteThe list for this association is maintained by UltraTax CS and Fixed Assets CS and can't be modified.
- Plant / operation name:Enter theplant / operation namewhere the asset is located. Aplant / operation scheduleis created for each unique account number, county, andplant / operation nameentered. This information is applicable only for Form PT-300.
- PPT type - SC:Select the personal property type for the asset from the dropdown list. The property types and the forms they transfer to are listed in the following table.Property typeFormBuildings and improvementForm PT-300Furniture & office equipmentForms PT-100 and PT-300LandForm PT-300Leasehold improvementsForm PT-300Licensed vehiclesForm PT-300Machinery & equipmentForms PT-100 and PT-300Pollution controlForm PT-300noteThese associations are maintained by UltraTax CS and Fixed Assets CS and can't be modified. If the association fields are left blank or you enterX - Exempt, the asset won't transfer to Form PT-100 or PT-300.
Additional associations for SC PPT assets
The following asset associations transfer to Form PT-300.
- Acres:Enter this information when you use theLand property typeto transfer the amount to the applicable schedule related to Form PT-300.
- Lots:Enter this information when you use theLand property typeto transfer the amount to the applicable schedule related to Form PT-300.
- Improvement type - SC:Select the appropriate type of improvement from the dropdown list when you use the Buildings and improvement, Leasehold improvements, or Pollution control property type. Current-year additions will transfer to the appropriate field on Form PT-300, Schedule X.noteThe list for this association is maintained by UltraTax CS and Fixed Assets CS and can't be modified.