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Beneficial Ownership Filing Reminder: January 1, 2025, is the deadline for entities created before January 1, 2024, to file their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) as required by law under the Corporate Transparency Act. Businesses formed after January 1, 2024, have 90 days to file after formation. Businesses formed on or after January 1, 2025, will have 30 days to file after formation. Please review the BOI links on our website to see if you are required to report to FinCEN.

Mark Hammond

Video Tutorials

Online Accounts

Accessing Your Online Account—This tutorial assists users with navigating the Secretary of State’s website to access or create their online account, reset a password, and reaching the organization’s dashboard.

Charities

Annual Financial Report Filing—This tutorial walks the user through the process of filing a charitable organization’s annual financial report.

Charity Financial Extension Request—This tutorial assists users with navigating the Secretary of State’s website to access their dashboard and file an extension request for the charitable organization’s financial report.

Charity Registration Renewal—This tutorial walks the user through the process of renewing a charitable organization’s registration. The tutorial can also be used by organizations registering for the first time once they have created their online account.

Raffles

Raffle Compliance Webinar —This tutorial covers the legal requirements for holding nonprofit raffles in South Carolina.

Raffle Financial Report Form —This tutorial walks the user through the process of filling out the raffle financial report form which can be submitted using the online filing application or by mail, using the address on the form.

Raffle Online Financial Report Filing —This tutorial walks the user through the process of filing a charitable organization’s raffle financial report using the online filing application.