2021 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 12 - Taxation
Chapter 6 - South Carolina Income Tax Act
Section 12-6-2295. Items included and excluded from terms "sales" and "gross receipts".

(A) The terms "sales" as used in Section 12-6-2280 and "gross receipts" as used in Section 12-6-2290 include, but are not limited to, the following items if they have not been separately allocated:

(1) receipts from the sale or rental of property maintained for sale or rental to customers in the ordinary course of the taxpayer's trade or business including inventory;

(2) receipts from the sale of accounts receivable acquired in the ordinary course of trade or business for services rendered or from the sale or rental of property maintained for sale or rental to customers in the ordinary course of the taxpayer's trade or business if the accounts receivable were created by the taxpayer or a related party. For purposes of this item, a related person includes a person that bears a relationship to the taxpayer as described in Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(3) receipts from the use of intangible property in this State including, but not limited to, royalties from patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names;

(4) net gain from the sale of property used in the trade or business. For purposes of this subsection, property used in the trade or business means property subject to the allowance for depreciation, real property used in the trade or business, and intangible property used in the trade or business which is:

(a) not property of a kind that properly would be includible in inventory of the business if on hand at the close of the taxable year; or

(b) held by the business primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of the trade or business;

(5) receipts from services if the entire income-producing activity is within this State. If the income-producing activity is performed partly within and partly without this State, sales are attributable to this State to the extent the income-producing activity is performed within this State;

(6) receipts from the sale of intangible property which are unable to be attributed to any particular state or states are excluded from the numerator and denominator of the factor.

(7) receipts from the operation of a cable system, as defined in Section 58-12-300, including receipts from cable service and including receipts from services provided over the network that are associated with or classified as noncable or nonvideo services under federal law, receipts from video service as defined in Section 58-12-300, or receipts from the provision of direct broadcast satellite service that are attributable to this State in pro rata proportion of the costs of performing the service, including the costs of acquiring programming distribution rights and constructing and maintaining distribution infrastructure, that the service provider incurs within this State. For purposes of this subsection, if a pass-through business operates a cable system or a direct broadcast satellite service, or if it has receipts from video service, then a corporation that owns an interest in that pass-through business, either directly or indirectly, must be treated as operating a cable system or a direct broadcast satellite service, or as having receipts from video service. As used in this subsection, the term "direct broadcast satellite service" means the distribution or broadcasting of programming or services by satellite directly to the subscriber's premises without the use of ground receiving or distribution equipment, except at the subscriber's premises or in the uplink process to the satellite.

(B) The terms "sales" as used in Section 12-6-2280 and "gross receipts" as used in Section 12-6-2290 do not include:

(1) repayment, maturity, or redemption of the principal of a loan, bond, or mutual fund or certificate of deposit or similar marketable instrument;

(2) the principal amount received under a repurchase agreement or other transaction properly characterized as a loan;

(3) proceeds from the issuance of the taxpayer's stock or from sale of treasury stock;

(4) damages and other amounts received as the result of litigation;

(5) property acquired by an agent on behalf of another;

(6) tax refunds and other tax benefit recoveries;

(7) pension reversions;

(8) contributions to capital, except for sales of securities by securities dealers;

(9) income from forgiveness of indebtedness; or

(10) amounts realized from exchanges of inventory that are not recognized by the Internal Revenue Code.

HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 110, Section 51.A, eff June 21, 2007, applicable for taxable years beginning after 2006; 2007 Act No. 116, Section 56.A, eff June 28, 2007, applicable for taxable years beginning after 2006; 2018 Act No. 265 (S.1043), Section 7.A, eff October 3, 2018; 2019 Act No. 49 (S.408), Section 1, eff May 16, 2019.

Editor's Note

2018 Act No. 265, Section 7.B, provides as follows:

"B. This SECTION takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to all open tax periods excluding assessments under judicial review as of the date of the Governor's approval."

2019 Act No. 49, Section 2, provides as follows:

"SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to all open tax periods excluding assessments under judicial review as of the date of the Governor's approval."

Effect of Amendment

2018 Act No. 265, Section 7.A, in (A), inserted (7), providing that receipts from the provision of direct broadcast satellite service that are attributable to the State in pro rata proportion of the costs of performing the service are items included in the terms "sales" and "gross receipts".

2019 Act No. 49, Section 1, in (A), rewrote (7), providing that receipts from the operation of a cable system and a video service are attributable to South Carolina in pro rata proportion of the costs of performing the service.