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Starting a(n) Business Licenses & Tax IDs

Hi, I'm Permit To Sell Handmade Products Handmade Crafting

Question:

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Do I have to be a formal business in order to make handmade crafts and sell them online or from a store?

   Yes, you need to become a business to sell handmade crafts.

   Thus, you first, select your business structure: Sole Proprietor, Partnership, LLC or Corporation.



Then, a sellers permit is required to buy your craft materials wholesale and sell retail  if you sell handmade crafts merchandise wholesale or retail.

   If you are an employer, i.e., if you hire anyone to help you with handmade craft making, you will need a federal employer number and a State Employer Number.

   Users with a trade name will need a fictitious business name filing.  For example, if you name your handmade craft business "Crafty but Arty handmade craft," you will need to officially register that business name.

   Finally, you have the option of incorporating or forming an LLC for your handmade craft business.

Homemade crafts, home decor. Create orders from home for Etsy customers. Marysville I have an application mailed to me or can I go online for how long I will receive more info on the UT FEDERAL TAX ID NUMBER.

Yes, I want to be able to sell motorcycle parts and leather jackets I Colorado Custom motorcycle parts and accessories K thank you is it hard for a small business to get started with that I have a crafting business that I run out of my house for a side job I already have a state EIN number and a DBA.

What else do I need What I'm not interested in is a seller permit for wholesale it's really hard to read the conversation with so many comments coming at in all in a row I'm wanting to make and sell Christmas crafts at a craft festival. I live in Kentucky, will I need a business license for that?

I occasionally need to purchase flowers from the Wholesaler. Do I need a license? I'm A independent distributor for SeneGence Makeup Okay so to make sure I got it right, I'm selling Makeup at craft shows,

I get 20 to 50% out of my products from Senegence I Live in Missouri, But I'm going to Arkansas do I need an Arkansas sellers permit? Likewise, I want to sell my homemade crafts at flea markets and fairs.

I make handmade crafts in my home/ sell to local public/ online on Etsy/ only to Florida residents/I will buy regular retail price for supplies to sell locally.

✔ Biz Structure

You can choose to be a(n) Handmade Crafting :

Sole Proprietor,
LLC,
Corporation or
Partnership.
After you decide and select your business entity, you need licensing.

✔ Biz License

Brooklyn Business Tax Registration ( Business License)
All businesses including home, online or mobile BUSINESS need a BUSINESS license because they are BUSINESSES.

✔ DBA Biz Name

A(n) Handmade Crafting business using a fictitious business name in New York City i.e. you are a business with a trade name other than the owner's legal (full name) name are required to get a(n) fictitious business name. For instance you open a(n) Handmade Crafting business and you name it "Superior Handmade Crafting Group". You will need to file a fictitious business name for that name.

✔ Seller Permit

In addition note that in NY you may also need a seller's permit if you sell merchandise that is taxable. (A.K.A state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate, about $39 for most states).
Seller's Permit

✔ Federal EIN

Note: All businesses need a federal tax ID number except sole proprietors that are not employers and are not independent contractors.
An independent contractor is a self employed business person that receives more than $600 per year from anyone of his or her clients.
IRS rule: The client must issue a 1099 form to the independent contractor and the independent contractor must have a federal tax ID. However, even sole owners may obtain a federal ID and use it as a business tax ID instead of using their own social security number as a business tax ID number.
However, all other licenses that apply to sole proprietors as discussed here are requited regardless of getting a federal tax ID number.

✔ State EIN

In addition you will need a federal and a state EIN if you will hire employees. I.e., a NY Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) NY State Employer Tax Number

✔ L L C

Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing (about $49 plus state and legal newspaper publication fees) in Brooklyn, Incorporate in NY or form a(n) NY LLC .

You have a choice to file a DBA or form an LLC or incorporate. There is a cicrcumstance that you may not need to register a trade name and that is when you use your full name as a business name if you use your full legal name as a trade name.
Also note that even using your first and last name may not help you avoid filing a DBA if the name has a suffix such as "& sons" etc.

✔ Incorporation

If you do form an Home Business llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Handmade Crafting business instead of just filing a fictitious business name (dba), that insurs that you don't have personal liability for debts and civile liabililty arising from your business dealings and you will not have to record the Brooklyn business name. Instead of just registering your New York City assumed business name (our fee includes assumed business name registration and legal newspaper publication) you can choose to setup a corporation in NY or form an NY LLC (starts @ $49 plus state fee for most states & includes required documents such as bylaws for the corporation and Limited Liability operating agreement for the LLC). .

Free Seller's Permit