Starting a(n) Airport Bus Shuttle Business Licenses & Tax IDs

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Momodou · Gamalaska · Anchorage, AK Alaska Transportation Business: what do I need to start an airport shuttle business in Anchorage, AK?

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Airport Bus Shuttle

You can choose to be a(n) Airport Bus Shuttle :

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

✔ Biz License

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

✔ DBA Biz Name

A(n) Airport Bus Shuttle business using a fictitious business name in Anchorage Borough 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) Airport Bus Shuttle business and you name it "Superior Airport Bus Shuttle Group". You will need to file a fictitious business name for that name.

✔ Seller Permit

In AK Airport Bus Shuttle 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). You will need it if you sell or want to buy wholesale any Airport Bus Shuttle related items, such as food, materials, or merchandise.
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 AK Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) AK 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 Anchorage, Incorporate in AK or form a(n) AK LLC .

You have a choice to file a DBA or form an LLC or incorporate. If you will do business under your first and last legal name you will not need to get a fictitious business 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 Transportation, Communications llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Airport Bus Shuttle 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 Anchorage business name. In lieu of recording a Anchorage Borough 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 AK or form an AK 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). .

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Alaska Transportation Business Airport Bus Shuttle

Momodou · Gamalaska · Anchorage, AK

Alaska Transportation Business: what do I need to start an airport shuttle business in Anchorage, AK?

Momodou told us: “I am a person wishing to start a transportation business in Anchorage such as an airport shuttle, using a 22 passenger bus.”

Hi Momodou, Alaska has no statewide sales tax, so there's no state seller's permit, though a borough or city may levy its own and local rules can apply. Carrying passengers in a 22-passenger bus is where the real requirements are: commercial driver licensing, vehicle inspection, insurance and airport access permission. We can form Gamalaska as an LLC. Alaska employer registration is for unemployment insurance, with no state income tax withholding.

Short answer: Alaska Transportation Business: an airport shuttle business in Anchorage typically needs a federal tax ID number (EIN) and a local business license, with an LLC and a DBA if you use a trade name.

Buying and selling wholesale in Alaska

No statewide sales tax, so the state issues no seller's permit and wholesale-only businesses need no sales tax registration. Local sales tax areas may require registration. No statewide sales tax, but many boroughs and cities levy local sales taxes, some coordinated through a remote-seller commission. Supplies you use up in a service are usually taxed when you buy them, since they aren't resold.

What an airport shuttle business needs in Anchorage, AK

LLC – suppliers and banks take an LLC more seriously than a name on a napkin
Assumed Business Name (business name registration) – registers the trade name on your sign, website and invoices
Federal tax ID number (EIN) – required for an LLC with partners or any business with employees
Sales tax – Alaska has no statewide sales tax, so there is no state seller's permit, though some local areas charge their own sales tax
State employer ID – for unemployment insurance; Alaska has no state income tax on wages
Anchorage business license – needed even for home-based businesses, which may also need a home occupation permit
Passenger carrier permit
Airport ground transportation permit

If you sell across state lines

Arizona: the Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) license. Arizona's TPT is a tax on the seller's privilege of doing business, not a tax on the buyer.
Pennsylvania: the Sales, Use and Hotel Occupancy Tax License. Pennsylvania issues a separate wholesaler certificate to businesses that sell only for resale; any retail selling requires the sales tax license instead.
Nevada: the seller's permit. Nevada also has a Commerce Tax on businesses with large Nevada gross revenue, which can reach wholesalers.

Industry code: NAICS 485999 (All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation)

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