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General Business Licenses |
| Click here to view general business License Requirements. |
Employment Requirements |
| If you plan to have employees click here to view Employment Requirements. |
Special Licenses |
| To become a licensed residential homebuilder, you must register with the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission. They license all residential builders and all specialty contractors in residential construction in the state. For detailed information Click Here. |
Industry Permits |
- To determine public health and environmental authority's standards and requirements Click Here.
- Use Tax - Materials purchased outside of SC for use in SC. If you plan to purchase materials from outside the state of South Carolina and bring materials to the state for use on a job, the materials would be subject to South Carolina Use Tax when they are brought into the state. There is no charge for the Certificate. You may apply on-line with SCBOS.
- Motor Carrier Property Tax: If you plan to operate a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of greater than 26,000 pounds for the purpose of the transportation of property on a public highway, the contractor would be required to register for Motor Carrier Property Tax by completing Form PT-442, Application for Motor Carrier Property Tax.
- Land-disturbing activities including clearing, grading, grubbing, and excavation, except activities that disturb less than two (2) acres and are not part of a larger plan of development, require a state sediment and erosion control permit. For more information Click here.
- Call before you dig. Anyone proposing to excavate, dig, bore, tunnel, blast, or disturb the earth in any manner in which buried utilities may be damaged is requested to contact the Palmetto Utilities Protection Service.
- Renovating or demolishing an existing facility? Before a facility or portion of a facility is demolished or renovated, the owner and the contractor must ensure that the facility has been thoroughly inspected for the presence of asbestos. The inspection must be performed by a person who has been trained as an asbestos building inspector in accordance with requirements of the Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan. For more information Click Here.
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