Houston, TX
Bulk sacks stacked on pallets, a dust-hazed warehouse and a sampling probe sliding into a heap of golden meal.
Short answer: For a feed additive and ingredients supplier in Houston, Texas, the essentials are the Sales and Use Tax Permit, a federal tax ID number (EIN) and a local business license, plus an LLC or other structure.
Texas calls its seller's permit the Sales and Use Tax Permit. To buy for resale without paying sales tax, you give the supplier a Texas Sales and Use Tax Resale Certificate (Form 01-339). Texas expects sellers of taxable items, including wholesalers, to hold a permit, and resale certificates require the buyer's Texas taxpayer number. In Texas a customer's permit number alone is not a substitute for a signed resale certificate. Ingredients and additives bought in bulk for resale to feed mills and farms can be purchased with a resale certificate, and your customers provide theirs.
Tip: Keep lot numbers on every shipment; if a feed batch is ever questioned, the paper trail is your defense.
Industry code: NAICS 424910 (Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers)
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All Businesses Need a Houston Business License & a Trade Business Name ( Fort Bend 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 TX 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 TX Business Tax ID but also need a Business License.
Instead of filing a Trade Business Name, You Can Incorporate in TX or form a(n) TX LLC & You Will Not Need To File A DBA
Requirements below include websites as well as home-based or eBay Businesses.
1. FEED ADDITIVE AND INGREDIENTS SUPPLIER 99% of new businesses are required to get a(n), Houston business Id registration ( business tax registration or business permit).
2. FEED ADDITIVE AND INGREDIENTS SUPPLIER Starting businesses using a company name other than the legal owner's name need a (n) Fort Bend County DBA Doing Business As Trade Firm Name Registration.
3. In TX a business tax ID registration (occupationall business license ) and a DBA Doing Business As Fictious Business Name are ncessary for most businesses but if your business sells any taxable items, you will need a sales tax ID number. ( A.K.A TXseller's permit, state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate).
4. If you are thinking of hiring help, you will need a tax ID called a state EIN and an IRS tax ID number called an EIN Employer ID Number. I.e., a TX Federal Tax ID Number and a(n) TX State Employer Tax Number.
5. Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing in Houston, Incorporate in TX or form a(n) LLC.