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Video Production

✔ Biz Structure

You can choose to be a(n) Video Production :

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

✔ Biz License

Milford Business Tax Registration ( Video ProductionBusiness License)
All businesses including home, online or mobile BUSINESS need a BUSINESS license because they are BUSINESSES.

✔ DBA Biz Name

A(n) Video Production business using a DBA Doing Business As Trade Name in Worcester 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) Video Production business and you call it "Ultra Video Production Co". You will need to file a trade firm name for it.

✔ Seller Permit

Also, keep in mind that in MA Video Production 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). You will need it if you sell or want to buy wholesale any Video Production 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

If you are thinking of hiring help, you will need a state employer ID and an IRS number employer ID. I.e., a MA Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) MA 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 Milford, Incorporate in MA or form a(n) MA 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 Services llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Video Production 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 Milford business name. Instead of filing a Worcester County fictitious business name (our service fee includes dba business name filing and legal paper publication) you can elect to incorporate in MA or form an MA LLC (starts @ $49 plus state fee for most states & includes bylaws and LLC operating agreement)..

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Business License Massachusetts Video Production: how do I get a video production company in Milford, MA licensed?

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Short answer: Business License Massachusetts Video Production: a video production company in Milford 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 Massachusetts

Massachusetts calls its seller's permit the sales and use tax registration (Certificate of Registration). To buy for resale without paying sales tax, you give the supplier a Form ST-4 Sales Tax Resale Certificate. Suppliers generally accept a resale certificate only from a buyer registered for sales tax, so even a business that mostly buys and sells wholesale usually registers. Massachusetts' ST-4 resale certificate requires the buyer's registration number. Services are mostly not resold goods, so supplies used up in the work, like batteries, cables and props, are normally taxable when bought; a resale certificate only helps for items passed to customers.

Your Milford filing checklist

LLC – suppliers and banks take an LLC more seriously than a name on a napkin
Business Certificate (DBA) – lets the bank accept checks made out to your business name
Federal tax ID number (EIN) – required for an LLC with partners or any business with employees
Sales and use tax registration (Certificate of Registration) – only if you also sell taxable goods; many services aren't taxed, but some states tax certain services
Milford business license – needed even for home-based businesses, which may also need a home occupation permit
Film or location permit, where required

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.
Illinois: the Certificate of Registration (sales tax), with an Illinois resale number. Illinois' sales tax is legally the Retailers' Occupation Tax, a tax on the seller; resellers get a resale number to buy tax-free.
Delaware: No statewide sales tax; instead Delaware imposes a gross receipts tax on sellers, with wholesalers classified separately from retailers.

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Industry code: NAICS 512110 (Motion Picture and Video Production)

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