Goals change, plans adjust, and the unexpected happens. There are a variety of reasons a business needs to close or change its location, name, and registered information. Whatever the reason, SCBOS is here to help with the information and resources your business needs.
Closing or Changing instructions and resources:
Business Registration
Changes to your business
South Carolina Secretary of State (SCSOS)
File an amendment to your business registration or change the registered agent’s address with the South Carolina Secretary of State.
- Find the forms for changing a registered agent.
- Find the forms for filing an amendment.
- File online.
- Find answers to questions by calling 803-734-2158.
Closing your business
South Carolina Secretary of State (SCSOS)
Complete the appropriate form from the following list to dissolve/terminate your business registration, or cancel the authority to do business registration with the South Carolina Secretary of State:
- Domestic Corporation Articles of Dissolution
- Foreign Corporation Application for Surrender of Authority
- Domestic LLC Articles of Termination
- Foreign LLC Certificate of Cancellation of Authority to Transact Business
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation Articles of Dissolution
- Foreign Nonprofit Corporation Application for Certificate of Withdrawal
- Domestic Limited Liability Partnerships Application for Cancellation of Limited Liability Partnership
- Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships Application for Cancellation of Limited Liability Partnership
Find answers to questions by calling 803-734-2158.
Federal Tax ID (FEIN)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Make changes to your IRS information:
- Online at irs.gov, or
- By phone at 1-800-829-4933.
Local Business License
County and Municipalities
If you have a license, permit, and/or registration with the county or other municipalities, contact the issuer directly. Many businesses have at least one local business license.
- Find your county contact information.
- Find your municipality contact information.
Retail License and Tax Accounts
South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR)
Close your SCDOR accounts:
- Online at MyDORWAY.dor.sc.gov, or
- Closing: By paper with the C-278 Account Closing Form.
- Changes: By paper with Form SC 8822B.
Close an Alcohol and Tobacco account via the L-1278 Form.
Find answers to MyDORWAY questions or issues by calling 844-898-8542, option 2.
Tax Accounts
South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR)
Make changes or close your SCDOR accounts:
- Online at MyDORWAY.dor.sc.gov, or
- Closing: By paper with the C-278 Account Closing Form.
- Changes: By paper with Form SC 8822B.
Close an Alcohol and Tobacco account via the L-1278 Form.
Find answers to MyDORWAY questions or issues by calling 844-898-8542, option 2.
Withholding Tax Accounts
South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR)
Make changes or close your SCDOR accounts:
- Online at MyDORWAY.dor.sc.gov, or
- Closing: By paper with the C-278 Account Closing Form.
- Changes: By paper with Form SC 8822B.
Find answers to MyDORWAY questions or issues by calling 844-898-8542.
SC Unemployment Insurance (SUITS)
South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW)
Make changes to your SCDEW SUITS account:
- Online at dew.sc.gov/suits, or
- By paper form with Employers Report of Change (UCE 101S).
Find answers to questions by calling 803-737-2400.