All Businesses Need a Business License & a Trade Business Name ( Trade Business Name required if using a trade name).
Retailers / Wholesalers, Need a Reseller Tax ID, & a Business License.
Employers Need a Federal Tax Id Number (EIN), a State Tax Id ( State EIN), & a Business License.
Corporations, & LLC Need a Federal Tax Id Number (EIN)& a Business License.
Partnerships Need a Federal Tax Id Number (EIN) & a Trade Business Name, but also need a Business License.
Sole Proprietors May Use a Federal Tax Id Number as a Business Tax ID but also need a Business License.
Instead of filing a Trade Business Name, You Can Incorporate in or form a(n) LLC & You Will Not Need To File A DBA
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Columbus, OH
Drop cloths spread over a living room, the sharp scent of fresh paint and a roller humming along a bright wall.
Short answer: For a house painting service in Columbus, Ohio, the essentials are a federal tax ID number (EIN) and a local business license, plus an LLC or other structure.
The Ohio version of the seller's permit is the Vendor's License. To buy for resale without paying sales tax, you give the supplier a Form STEC B Sales and Use Tax Blanket Exemption Certificate. A vendor's license is required for retail sales; a business making only sales for resale may not need one. Ohio requires a vendor's license to make retail sales, and a resale exemption can be denied to an unlicensed buyer. Paint and supplies used up on a job are normally taxed when you buy them, because the customer pays for the finished work rather than for resold materials.
Tip: Take a photo of every wall before you start; the scuff that was there before you is hard to prove otherwise.
Industry code: NAICS 238320 (Painting and Wall Covering Contractors)
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Coshocton, OH
A tidy home office, a pile of padded envelopes by the door and a laptop alight with new orders.
Short answer: Wholesale Coshocton: Ohio doesn't issue a document called a "wholesale license." The registration suppliers ask for is the Vendor's License, backed by a Form STEC B Sales and Use Tax Blanket Exemption Certificate.
In Ohio, the seller's permit goes by the name Vendor's License. To buy for resale without paying sales tax, you give the supplier a Form STEC B Sales and Use Tax Blanket Exemption Certificate. A vendor's license is required for retail sales; a business making only sales for resale may not need one. Ohio requires a vendor's license to make retail sales, and a resale exemption can be denied to an unlicensed buyer. Goods bought to resell online are purchased with a resale certificate, and tax is collected from customers where required.
Tip: Choose one clear niche and describe it in a sentence; confused visitors don't buy.
Industry code: NAICS 453998 (All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores)), 459999 under the 2022 update
Cleveland, OH
Sunlight on freshly steamed racks, hangers clicking along the rail and a fitting-room curtain swishing shut behind a hopeful shopper.
Short answer: In Cleveland, Ohio, businesses are required to obtain licensing before they start operating. For a clothing store, that means the Vendor's License, a federal tax ID number (EIN) and a local business license, plus a structure and name registration.
In Ohio, the seller's permit goes by the name Vendor's License. To buy for resale without paying sales tax, you give the supplier a Form STEC B Sales and Use Tax Blanket Exemption Certificate. A vendor's license is required for retail sales; a business making only sales for resale may not need one. Ohio requires a vendor's license to make retail sales, and a resale exemption can be denied to an unlicensed buyer. A clothing store buys racks of inventory from wholesalers and vendors tax-exempt by handing over a resale certificate, then collects sales tax from shoppers at the register.
Tip: Order sizes in the awkward middle first; nobody ever returns from a sale asking why you stocked too many mediums.
Industry code: NAICS 448140 (Family Clothing Stores), 458110 under the 2022 update