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Starting a(n) Business Licenses & Tax IDs

Hi, I'm Business License 97006 Soap Store
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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..., .

Hi, I'm What License And Permits Do I Need To Sell Soap Soap Store

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I make soaps at home and will like to sell them on Etsy or amazon and maybe occasionally on craft fairs or farmers markets

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Registering Your Own Small New Store Business

Most stores sell merchandise so the first thing is to get a sellers permit to buy merchandise wholesale and sell it retail.

Aside from that, you then need to select your business structure: Sole Proprietor, Partnership, LLC or Corporation.

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

Of course, you can have a brick and mortar, road side, mobile or online store.  All of these require the same licensing not because of the type of location but because there  are all businesses.

After that, you will need to obtain a business permit.

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

More than 31% of the GNP, though, less than $5,000,000.00 is generated through retail sales business.

Though less than 2 million retail businesses, there is about 1.6 ml retail stores not including online retail.   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, 99% of all stores require a sellers permit if you sell 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 "ABC Discount Store," 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.  I will sell all natural homemade soap made from shea butter and coconut oil. I will open an online store. I will make the soap at home. I will sell only in the U.S I need to know what licenses and permits do I need to sell open and online store to sell soap
We plan on selling homemade natural soaps, body scrubs, body lotion, etc
Hello, I am looking to start selling soaps from home and am wondering what I need to do?
yes, We will manufacturer soaps, lotions, kitchen salts and resale them Farmer's Market etc.
what kind of cost as we have not made any money yet.
Yes what if I'm using name for my business not a name brand but a name I came up with how do I protect it or register it

✔ Biz Structure

You can choose to be a(n) Soap Store :

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

✔ Biz License

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

✔ Seller Permit

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

Free Seller's Permit