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DO I NEED ANY PERMIT OR OTHER LICENSE ASIDE FROM A BUSINESS LICENSE?

Yes, you will require other permits and licensing registrations, particularly on the off chance that you utilize a fictitious, invented, assumed, imaginary, or firm name such as e.g., Best Shop, you will have t..., .

I am a baker and have a store in Knoxville, Tennessee.  I sale cakes, pies, pastries and cupcakes. Also serving specialty cakes. Located in Turkey Creek 1 mile off the Lovell Road Exit. Customers of all ages welcome.

Bakery: cakes, pies, pastries, specialty cakes and cupcakes

The best thing about a Bakery is that you have fun while making money and making people happy.

After your clients taste your Bakery: cakes, pies, pastries, specialty cakes and cupcakes delicious creations, they are customers for life.

Of course, other requirement are not as fun, like getting licensing for a  Bakery: cakes, pies, pastries, specialty cakes and cupcakes business.

Sellers Permit In Knoxville Tennessee

As in any other business, including home, online and store business, for your Bakery, first, select your Bakery  business structure:

Sole Proprietor,

Partnership,

LLC or

Corporation.

The above step is important business all documents will be filed under the type of business organizational structure.

After that, you will need to obtain a Bakery: cakes, pies, pastries, specialty cakes and cupcakes business permit. 99% of all businesses need that. For example, even Martha Stewart needs to get a business license for the cookies she sells retail.

This is a general Bakery 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 Bakery: cakes, pies, pastries, specialty cakes and cupcakes 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.

Sellers Permit In Knoxville Tennessee

Then, a sellers permit is required if you sell Bakery items and 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 "Best Bakery: cookies, cupcakes, cakes, pies, pastries, specialty cakes and etc," you will need to file a doing business as (DBA) filing.

Finally, you have the option or incorporating or forming a Bakery LLC. Setting up as one of these corporate entities allows you not to file a DBA.

✔ Biz Structure

You can choose to be a(n) Online diaper cake store :

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

✔ Biz License

Glen Fork 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) Online diaper cake store business using a DBA Doing Business As Trade Name in Wyoming County , i.e., starting businesses using a company name other than the legal (given name) owner's name, need a(n) DBA Doing Business As Trade Name Registration. For example, you start a(n) Online diaper cake store business and you call it "Ultra Online diaper cake store Co". You will need to file a trade firm name for it.

✔ Seller Permit

Also, keep in mind that in WV though, a business license and a DBA is necessary for most businesses but if your business sells any taxable items, you will need a sales tax ID number. (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

If you are thinking of hiring help, you will need a state employer ID and an IRS number employer ID. I.e., a WV Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) WV 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 Glen Fork, Incorporate in WV or form a(n) WV LLC .

If you will set up a corporation or form an LLC, you will not have to file a DBA (Doing Business As) unless your corproration or LLC name will be different that the busienss name you will trade under. Businesses that use the full legal name of the owner as a business name do not need to register an assumed business name. So, for example, your name is "John X Doe" and you use that as a business name.

✔ Incorporation

If you do form an Retail Trade llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Online diaper cake store business instead of just filing a fictitious business name (dba), it will help you avoid legal and financial personal liability arising out of business transactions and you will not have to register the Glen Fork business name. Instead of filing a Wyoming County fictitious business name (our service fee includes dba business name filing and legal paper publication) you can elect to incorporate in WV or form an WV LLC (starts @ $49 plus state fee for most states & includes bylaws and LLC operating agreement)..

Free Seller's Permit