Mossy Oak Landscaping · East Providence, RI
Mossy Oak Landscaping will need a local business license in East Providence, and Rhode Island may add contractor registration for certain work. Landscaping labor is mostly a service, but plants, mulch and materials you sell to customers can make the Sales Permit relevant. Suppliers will take the Rhode Island Resale Certificate for items you resell. Rhode Island's business registrations vary by activity.
Short answer: For a landscaping business in East Providence, Rhode Island, the essentials are a federal tax ID number (EIN) and a local business license, plus an LLC or other structure.
Rhode Island calls its seller's permit the Sales Permit. To buy for resale without paying sales tax, you give the supplier a Rhode Island Resale Certificate. Suppliers generally accept a resale certificate only from a buyer registered for sales tax, so even a business that mostly buys and sells wholesale usually registers. Rhode Island is a Streamlined Sales Tax member state, so the uniform Streamlined certificate is also accepted. 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 East Providence Business License & a Trade Business Name ( Providence 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 RI 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 RI Business Tax ID but also need a Business License.
Instead of filing a Trade Business Name, You Can Incorporate in RI or form a(n) RI LLC & You Will Not Need To File A DBA
List of required licenses below include online as well as home or Amazon businesses.
   1. Landscaping  The majority of starting businesses need a(n) , East Providence business tax id registration (business license).
 2. Landscaping Businesses with an trade firm name other than the owner's legal name are required to get a(n) Providence County  DBA ( doing business as ) fictitious business name. Â
  3. In RI 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 RIseller'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 RI Federal Tax ID Number and a(n) RI  State Employer Tax Number. Â
  5.  Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing in East Providence, Incorporate in RI  or form a(n) LLC.Â