Batch Withholding Program

For preparers who submit 10 or more Withholding returns per filing period, the Batch Withholding Program is the SCDOR’s recommended option to file all of your returns quickly and easily in one submission. 

• ​You must apply for the Batch Withholding Program before filing Batch Withholding returns. 
• Both the application and the return are submitted through MyDORWAY.
  

File a return on MyDORWAY

Need to file one return at a time? The SCDOR’s free online tax portal allows anyone who files Withholding returns to do so quickly and easily with these steps:

• Log in, choose your client (if applicable), and select the Accounts tab. 
  
• Scroll to your Withholding Tax account and click File Return. ​
  

Make pre-payments on MyDORWAY​:​

• ​Log in, choose your client (if applicable), and select the Accounts tab.
• Scroll to your Withholding Tax account and click Payments, Returns, and Periods. 
  
• On the next screen, click Make a Pre-Payment (WH-1601).
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Make return payments on MyDORWAY:

• Click Pay on the confirmation screen immediately after submitting your return.
• If you don’t make a return payment immediately after filing your return, you can still pay by logging in, choosing your client (if applicable), and selecting the Accounts tab.
• Scroll to your Withholding Tax account and click Payments, Returns, and Periods.
  
• On the next screen, next to the period where you need to pay, click Make Payment.​
  

​​Watch our Making Withholding Payments in MyDORWAY​ video if you need help.

Bulk Withholding Payments

​The SCDOR’s Bulk Withholding payments option allows Withholding filers to make payments for multiple Withholding accounts from one bank account. 

To make Bulk Withholding payments, you must first apply for the ​ Batch Withholding Program. However, you do not have to file returns using the Batch Withholding Program to make Bulk Withholding payments.​

Make a Bulk Withholding payment on MyDORWAY:

• Log in, select the More tab
  
• Click Bulk Withholding ACH Debit Payment.​

​​Watch our How to use the Batch Withholding Program in MyDORWAY​ video if you need help.

ACH Credit payments

To make ACH Credit payments, taxpayers must instruct their financial institution to originate an ACH transfer to the state’s bank. 

Authorize ACH Credit payments for a client on MyDORWAY:

• ​Log in, select the More tab
• Click Request ACH Credit Banking Instructions. 

This option is available for more than just Withholding Tax accounts. However, ACH Credit payments create the most errors and delays in payment processing.

​​Watch our How to make ACH Credit Payments on MyDORWAY​ video if you need help. ​