Anywhere? · Rocky River, OH
The owner wrote: “I sell on Amazon and my own website.”
Selling on Amazon and your own website means you need the Ohio Vendor's License if you sell taxable goods, and the marketplace may handle some tax collection for you. Your own site is your responsibility. Wholesalers will accept the Form STEC B Sales and Use Tax Blanket Exemption Certificate for goods you resell. Your title mentions food, and food products can bring extra rules. We can file the license and entity.
Short answer: Get LLC Food Sales: an online seller on Amazon and own website in Rocky River typically needs the Vendor's License, a federal tax ID number (EIN) and a local business license, with an LLC and a DBA if you use a trade name.
The Ohio version of the seller's permit is the Vendor's License. When you buy inventory to resell, the paperwork is 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.
Industry code: NAICS 452319 (All Other General Merchandise Stores)
Get your Vendor's License filed · Start your LLC, DBA and EIN · Business licenses
Simpsonville, SC
Packing tape squealing, parcels stacked by size, and a phone that buzzes with another sale.
Short answer: Buy And Sell On Internet: an online sales business in Simpsonville typically needs the Retail License, a federal tax ID number (EIN) and a local business license, with an LLC and a DBA if you use a trade name.
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. Wholesale accounts for goods for online resale typically ask for proof of a seller's permit first; with it, inventory bought for resale is purchased without sales tax.
Tip: Know how each marketplace handles sales tax; some collect it for you and some leave that to you.
Industry code: NAICS 455219 (All Other General Merchandise Retailers)
Get your Retail License filed · Start your LLC, DBA and EIN · Business licenses
BACK TO TOP
All Businesses Need a Rocky River Business License & a Trade Business Name ( Cuyahoga 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 OH 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 OH Business Tax ID but also need a Business License.
Instead of filing a Trade Business Name, You Can Incorporate in OH or form a(n) OH 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. Online Sales Nearly all businesses need a(n) , Rocky River business tax registration.
2. Online Sales 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) Cuyahoga County DBA assumed business name certificate.
3. In OH 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 OHseller's permit, state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate).
4. You will need a federal and a state EIN if you will hire employees. I.e., a OH Federal Tax ID Number and a(n) OH State Employer Tax Number.
5. Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing in Rocky River, Incorporate in OH or form a(n) LLC.