2022 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 41 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 31 - Contributions And Payments To The Unemployment Trust Fund
Section 41-31-160. Contribution reports shall not be required more frequently than quarterly.

The department shall not require contribution and wage reports more frequently than quarterly. Effective with the quarter ending March 31, 2003, every employer with two hundred fifty or more employees and every individual or organization that, as an agent, reports wages on a total of two hundred fifty or more employees on behalf of one or more subject employers, and effective with the quarter ending March 31, 2005, every employer with one hundred or more employees and every individual or organization that, as an agent, reports wages on a total of one hundred or more employees on behalf of one or more subject employers, shall file that portion of the "Employer Quarterly Contribution and Wage Reports" containing the employee's social security number, name, and total wages on magnetic tapes, diskettes, or electronically, in a format approved by the department. The department may waive the requirement to file using magnetic media if hardship is shown. In determining whether a hardship has been shown, the department shall take into account, among other relevant factors, the ability of the taxpayer to comply with the filing requirement at a reasonable cost.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-187; 1952 Code Section 68-187; 1942 Code Section 7035-87; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2002 Act No. 306, Section 7, eff June 5, 2002; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.

Effect of Amendment

The 2002 amendment rewrote the section.

The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission" throughout.