Andrew · Green Works Landscaping · Chicago Heights, IL
Andrew wrote: “Lawn maintenance and landscaping. I provide weekly services: mowing, trimming, pruning and snow removal. The business is run out of my home.”
Hi Andrew, mowing and snow removal are services, so the Illinois Certificate of Registration comes into play only if you sell taxable items such as plants, mulch or materials. If you do, the Form CRT-61 Certificate of Resale covers items you bill to customers. Running it from home may need a local permit. Green Works Landscaping can be filed as an LLC or a DBA, and we can handle either one.
Short answer: Business Rquirements: start with the structure (an LLC for most owners), then a federal tax ID number (EIN) and a local business license.
Illinois calls its seller's permit the Certificate of Registration (sales tax), with an Illinois resale number. To buy for resale without paying sales tax, you give the supplier a Form CRT-61 Certificate of Resale. Illinois registers a business as a reseller when all its sales of tangible goods are nontaxable, such as sales only for resale. Illinois' sales tax is legally the Retailers' Occupation Tax, a tax on the seller; resellers get a resale number to buy tax-free. Supplies you use up in a service are usually taxed when you buy them, since they aren't resold.
Industry code: NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services)
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All Businesses Need a Chicago Heights Business License & a Trade Business Name ( Cook 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 IL 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 IL Business Tax ID but also need a Business License.
Instead of filing a Trade Business Name, You Can Incorporate in IL or form a(n) IL 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. Landscaping  Nearly all businesses need a(n) , Chicago Heights business tax registration.
 2. Landscaping 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) Cook County  DBA assumed business name certificate. Â
  3. In IL 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 ILseller'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 IL Federal Tax ID Number and a(n) IL  State Employer Tax Number. Â
  5.  Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing in Chicago Heights, Incorporate in IL  or form a(n) LLC.Â