Gary · LW Enterprises LLC · Grant, AL
Gary wrote: “I already have an EIN and my business is registered. I have a registered LLC and all the required health permits as a commercial food establishment. I have a co-packer that bottles my sauces and I sell them to retail stores and individuals.”
Hi Gary, with the LLC, EIN and health permits in place, the main gap is the sales tax license in Alabama, since you sell to individuals and stores. Retailers buying your sauce will usually give you their resale certificates, and your co-packer may ask for yours on bottles and labels you resell. Add the city or county license where you operate. With your employee, the state employer registration is next.
Short answer: In Grant, Alabama, businesses are required to obtain licensing before they start operating. For a sauce company, that means the sales tax license, a federal tax ID number (EIN) and a local business license, plus a structure and name registration.
In Alabama, the seller's permit goes by the name sales tax license. When you buy inventory to resell, the paperwork is an Alabama resale certificate. Wholesalers making no retail sales may get a state sales tax certificate of exemption (Form STE-1) instead of a sales tax license. Many Alabama cities and counties levy their own sales taxes, some administered locally, so local registration can be needed too.
Industry code: NAICS 311941 (Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing)
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LLC Food · Beaufort, SC
Wholesale food in South Carolina begins with the Retail License, which is what suppliers want to see along with the Form ST-8A Resale Certificate. Food businesses also need approvals for storage, delivery or preparation, depending on what you do. With eight employees, you need an EIN and state employer registration, and LLC Food may need a DBA.
Short answer: Wholesale License 29902: the key filing in South Carolina is the Retail License. Suppliers will ask for its number and a Form ST-8A Resale Certificate before they sell to you tax-free.
South Carolina calls its seller's permit the Retail License. To buy for resale without paying sales tax, you give the supplier a Form ST-8A Resale Certificate. A retail license is required for retail sellers; a business making only wholesale sales may not need one. South Carolina also accepts the multistate uniform certificate in place of its ST-8A form if it contains the same information.
Industry code: NAICS 424490 (Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers)
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All Businesses Need a Grant Business License & a Trade Business Name ( Marshall County 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 AL 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 AL Business Tax ID but also need a Business License.
Instead of filing a Trade Business Name, You Can Incorporate in AL or form a(n) AL LLC & You Will Not Need To File A DBA
The licenses below are required for all businesses including internet as well as home and businesses like Etsy etc.
1. Food Nearly all businesses need a(n) , Grant business tax id registration (business license).
2. Food All Businesses that use a business name to trade that is other than the surname and first name of a sole proprietor or a fictitious business name other than the LLC or Corporation legal name need a(n) Marshall County DBA ( doing business as ) fictitious business name.
3. In AL you may also need a tax id called a resale tax ID or seller's license if you are selling touchable items. ( A.K.A ALseller's permit, state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate).
4. Keep in mind that employers will need to obtain a federal EIN and a State EIN tax identificattion number as well. I.e., a AL Federal Tax ID Number and a(n) AL State Employer Tax Number.
5. Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing in Grant, Incorporate in AL or form a(n) LLC.