Due to potential winter weather that may impact applicants’ ability to submit Parental Refundable Credit applications, the SC Department of Revenue is postponing the 2025 application open date to Monday, February 9 at 8:30 am. The application open date was originally scheduled for Monday, February 2. Learn more about the application process atdor.sc.gov/ecenc.

The Parental Refundable Credit is administered by the South Carolina Department of Revenue and is available for parents or guardians of exceptional needs students who pay the student’s tuition at an eligible school. To learn about the credit cap and when the credit is available, visit dor.sc.gov/ecenc.

Parental Refundable Credit applications must be submitted online using the SCDOR’s free online tax portal, MyDORWAY. Applications that are mailed, faxed, or emailed will not be accepted.

To learn more about MyDORWAY and sign up for an account, visit dor.sc.gov/mydorway. A tutorial is available to show you how to submit the Parental Refundable Credit application through MyDORWAY. Once you have a MyDORWAY account, you can communicate directly with tax credit experts through web messages.

Please contact the SCDOR for questions concerning the Parental Refundable Tax Credit: Log in toMyDORWAY, select the More tab, then click Send the SCDOR a Message.