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Starting a(n) Business Licenses & Tax IDs

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Hi, I'm curts Resellers Certificate 89085 Internet Sales
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amazon, bay, etsy, worldwide, online, nationwide, my own website, cskellys@juno.com, need a reseller certificateIg I am selling gift baskets from my home mainly on the internet with no sales from customers going in my home as an LLC do I need a EIN and a sales tax number? How do I ..., curts.

First, select your Internet Sales business structure: Sole Proprietor, Partnership, LLC or Corporation.

  The above step is important Internet Sales business all documents will be filed under the type of business organizational structure. After that, you will need to obtain a business permit.

  This is a general business permit that all new businesses must obtain.

  Note that in the majority of the cases you do not need to obtain a business permit that is specifically for your type of business. You only need a general business permit.

  In addition, all Internet Sales businesses must be identified by a business tax ID called a federal tax ID number or Employer Identification Number (EIN). If you file as a sole proprietor, you can use your social security number instead of the federal ID.

  Then, a seller's permit is required if you sell Internet Sales merchandise wholesale or retail.

  The sellers permit is also called state ID, wholesale ID, resale ID, or re-seller license.

  If you are an employer, you will need a federal employer Number and a State Employer Number.

  If you do business as a name other than your full legal name, for example, you do business as "Internet Sales," you will need to file a doing business as (DBA) filing.

  Finally, you have the option or incorporating or forming an LLC. Setting up as one of these corporate entities allows you not to file a DBA.amazon, bay, etsy, worldwide, online, nationwide, my own website, cskellys@juno.com, need a reseller certificateIg I am selling gift baskets from my home mainly on the internet with no sales from customers going in my home as an LLC do I need a EIN and a sales tax number? How do I file for a business license, DBA or LLC and sellers permit? I will be the only employee but if I am the only employee is LLC the right way to go?I would like to keep it so they can never take my home etc the LLC can I use it for both my photography and vinyl decals? My friend and I want to power wash homes, decks, fences, etc. This will be just a seasonal deal. What do we need? We would sell a service....power washing peoples homes, decks, patios.....

✔ Biz Structure

You can choose to be a(n) Internet Sales :

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

✔ Biz License

Youngstown 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) Internet Sales business doing business under an assumed business name in Mahoning County i.e. you are a business that uses a DBA doing business as trade name to trade that is other than the full legal (first and last -- full name) name of a sole proprietor or a name other than the LLC or Corporation business name need a(n) assumed business name certificate. E.g. you venture into a(n) Internet Sales business and you give it a trade name such as "Excellence Internet Sales & Associates". You will need to register an assumed business name certificate.

✔ Seller Permit

In OH you need a resale ID ( AKA seller's permit) if you selling touchable items. (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

Also keep in mind that employers will need to obtain a federal EIN and a State EIN tax identificattion number. I.e., a OH Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) OH 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 Youngstown, Incorporate in OH or form a(n) OH LLC .

Filing a DBA is not required if you will set up an LLC or form a Corporation. If you will do business under your first and last legal name you will not need to get a fictitious business name.
Using any language that connotes additional owners in the name of the business makes filing a fictitious business name mandatory.

✔ Incorporation

If you do form an Other llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Internet Sales 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 Youngstown business name. In lieu of recording a Mahoning County trade company name (our filing service fee includes trade name registration and newspaper legal publication for 4 weeks) you can also form a corporation in OH or form an OH LLC (starts @ $49 plus state fee for most states & includes bylaws for the corporation and Limited Liability operating agreement for the LLC that is required to open a business bank account). .

Free Seller's Permit