Agency Directors Organization Spring Forum

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Agency Directors Organization Spring Forum
South Carolina Business One Stop
No Running Around No Run Around

• Norman W. Davis, Jr.
• SC Department of Revenue
• www.scbos.com

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SCBOS Enterprise Registration System
A one-stop gateway for business and
professional registration licensing,
incorporating services offered by the federal,
state, and local governments within South Caroli
na
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SCBOS PartnersExecutive Steering Committee

• Mark Hammond, Secretary of State
• Ray Stevens, Director, South Carolina Department
  of Revenue
  
• C. Earl Hunter, Commissioner, S. C. Department of
  Health and Environmental Control
  
• Roosevelt T. Halley, Executive Director, S. C.
  Employment Security Commission
  
• Brandolyn Thomas Pinkston , Director, Department
  of Consumer Affairs
  
• Adrienne Riggins Youmans, Director, S. C.
  Department of Labor License and Regulation
  
• Frank Fusco, Executive Director, S.C. Budget and
  Control Board
  
• Joe Taylor, Director of Commerce, S. C.
  Department of Commerce
  
• Howard Duvall, President, Municipal Association
  Of SC
  
• Kathy Williams, Vice President, SC Association of
  Counties
  
• S. Hunter Howard, Jr., President  Chief
  Executive Officer , SC Chamber of Commerce

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Contributing Partners

• Small Business Development Centers
• (Clemson University, SC State University
  ,University of SC, Winthrop University )
  
• SC Treasurers Office
• SC Comptroller Generals Office
• SC Office of the Chief Information Officer
• SC Commission on Higher Education
• SC Department of Agriculture
• SC Department of Consumer Affairs
• SC Department of Insurance
• SC Department of Probation, Pardon Parole
  Services
  
• SC School for the Deaf and Blind
• United States Internal Revenue Service
• United States Small Business Administration
• Richland County
• SC Small Business Chamber
• SCANA Corporation
• SC Association of Certified Public Accountants
• South Carolina Bar
• Several private businesses

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Project Teams

• Main (Oversight Team)
• Website
• Marketing
• Training
• Featured Business
• Legislation
• System maintenance
• Enhancements to the System
• New Development

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Features of SCBOS

• Provides general information related to starting
  a new business

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What can you do ?

• Secretary of State
• Reserve or Register an entity name
• Certificate of Limited Partnership
• Articles of Incorporation Corporation,
  Statutory Close Corporation, Professional
  Corporation, Non-Profit Corporation
  
• Certificate of Authority - Non-Profit
  Corporation, Limited Liability Partnership,
  Corporation, Limited Liability Company
  
• Articles of Organization - Limited Liability
  Company
  
• Limited Liability Partnership Registration
• Foreign Limited Partnership Registration
• Assumed Name Certificate of Limited Partnership

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• Department of Revenue
  
  
• Sales Tax (Retail License)
• Accommodations (Retail License)
• Aviation Fuel Tax
• Business Personal Property
• Corporate Tax Account
• Solid Waste Tax
• Use Tax
• Employee Withholding
• Employment Security Commission
• Unemployment Insurance Tax
• Department of Health and Environmental Control
• Well Permits (Residential and irrigation)
• Asbestos Demolition
• Asbestos Renovation
• Underground Storage Tanks (UST)

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• File and Pay Taxes Department of Revenue
  
  
• File and Pay Sales Tax
• Sales tax return ST-3 ST-3EZ
• Accommodations (ST-388)
• Schedule for Local Taxes (ST-389)
• File and Pay Withholding Tax (NEW
  04-04-06)
  
• WH-1605 Quarterly Reconciliation
• WH-1605 Annual Reconciliation
• WH-1601 Withholding Payment
• Business Tax Payments
• Corporate Declaration (SC1120-CDP)
• Corporate Extension (SC1120D)
• Delinquent Tax Bill
• Withholding (WH1601)
• DORBOS
• Renew Your Alcoholic Beverage License
• Change Address/Location of your current
  registration
  
• Penalty and Interest Calculator

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• NEW LPRs
• Department of Revenue ABL 901 (2-10-06)
  
  
• On premises beer wine
• Off premises beer wine
• Brewpub
• 7-day off-premises beer wine
• Sunday/Sabbath beer wine
• Business (restaurant/hotel/motel) Liquor By the
  Drink
  
• Nonprofit private club Liquor By the Drink
• Retail liquor store

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• NEW Functions
• Single Sign On (02-23-06)
• an encrypted sign on process using measures to
  identify and authentic the user.
  
• Each new user sets up a user profile
• Can obtain forgotten user id and/or passwords by
  answering secret questions and answers. Allows
  SCBOS users and DOR users to access and navigate
  secured areas of both websites.
• This is a stand alone component, can be shared
  with other agencies.
  
• Add existing Business (04-04-06)
• This feature allows the estimated over 300,000
  South Carolina businesses to add their business
  and use SCBOS.
  

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May 24, 2005 April 18, 2006
Transaction Activity

• 38,131 Registered Users
• 14,884 LPRs Approved
• 4,473 Businesses Approved
• 101 Businesses added (04-04-06)
• 410,600 LPR Payments

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South Carolina Businesses Cost/Savings

• Cost
• Approximately 10,000 new businesses start
  every year in South Carolina.
  
• Average in excess of 47 hours to obtain all of
  the registrations, licenses, and permits
  necessary to begin operations.
  
• 7 million each year to get up and running.
• From a study conducted by the Information
  Resources Council in 1998
  
• Savings
• May 24, 2005 through April 19, 2006
• 50.5 man years (8 2080hrs) 1,543,185
• Based on 50 savings of the 47 hours to start a
  business

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Business One-Stop Training

• Partnership Established
• The South Carolina Small Business Development
  Centers
  
• SC Bar
• SC Association of Certified Public Accountants
  (SCACPA)
  
• Partnering Agencies
• Workshops
• Provides hands on training
• Legal professionals
• Accounting professionals
• Qualifies for Continuing education credit
• 35 workshops Scheduled in 2006
• 18 Legal professionals and 17 Accounting
  Professionals
  

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Business One-Stop Marketing

• Cross-Agency Marketing Team
• Small Business Development Centers
• South Carolina Bar
• SC Association of Certified Public Accountants
  (SCACPA)
  
• Conferences, Business Expos, speaking
  engagements and workshops
  
• Agency mails outs, signage at offices, Staff
  orientation
  

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Whats Next SCBOS Time Line

Includes projects for Federal IRS-FEIN, usability
improvements and adding LPR for existing
agencies. DHEC has many additional LPRs.

• completed

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Award Winning

• South Carolina chapter of Government Management
  Information Sciences (SC - GMIS) 2005 "Elite
  Achievers" Award.
  
• Network World magazine 2005 Top 50 Enterprise
  All-Star award winner
  
• March 15, 2006, Federation of Tax Administrators
  (FTA) Taxpayer Service and Education award.
  
• March 22, 2006 The Ash Institute for
  Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard
  Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government
  Top 50 Government Innovations award for 2006

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Questions

• Norman W. Davis, Jr.
• SC Department of Revenue
• [phone]
• www.scbos.com