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Starting a(n) Business Licenses & Tax IDs

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Set up an LLC here for $50 plus state fees. It is a preferable ownership structure because of its flexibility in % in ownership and corporate formalities, i.e., there are no corporate minutes to hold unless you treat the LLC as a "C" corporation.
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Registering Your Own Small Other New Business

  First, select your 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 business permit.

  This is a Other 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 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 Other 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 "Other," 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.

✔ Biz Structure

You can choose to be a(n) Other :

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

✔ Biz License

Albertville 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) Other business using a DBA Doing Business As Trade Name in Marshall 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) Other business and you call it "Ultra Other Co". You will need to file a trade firm name for it.

✔ Seller Permit

Also, keep in mind that in AL 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 AL Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) AL 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 Albertville, Incorporate in AL or form a(n) AL 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 Other llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Other 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 Albertville business name. Instead of filing a Marshall County fictitious business name (our service fee includes dba business name filing and legal paper publication) you can elect to incorporate in AL or form an AL LLC (starts @ $49 plus state fee for most states & includes bylaws and LLC operating agreement)..

Free Seller's Permit