United States
South Carolina: what the state takes
South Carolina charges its own income tax on top of federal tax. Here is the rate, the return, the date and where the official rules live.
Agency page last read 11 September 2026.
State rate
Banded
2025 South Carolina bands, using the federal standard deduction
Resident return
Form SC1040
South Carolina Department of Revenue
Due
15 April, following the federal deadline
Weekends and holidays can push it on
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Yearly income
How you file
South Carolina tax
$3,043
Top state rate you touch
6.2%
- Kept before federal tax$58,105
- Federal income tax$13,852
- South Carolina tax$3,043
Band by band
State deduction taken off first: $15,000. Taxed amount: $60,000.
- $0 to $3,560 at %$0
- $3,560 to $17,830 at 3%$428
- $17,830 to above at 6.2%$2,615
Filing in South Carolina
- Who collects it
- South Carolina Department of Revenue
- Return
- Form SC1040
- Deadline
- Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Federal comes on top
Whatever your state does, the IRS wants Form 1040 by 15 April, plus Social Security and Medicare through your wages or self employment tax. State tax paid can sometimes be deducted federally if you itemise, within a yearly cap.