Peter · Gal Made · Cheraw, SC
Peter shared: “I am an artist and I have a small business that is Facebook based selling my handmade home decor products. I would like to expand and open a retail boutique that offers clothing, accessories, shoes, and home decor.”
Hi Peter, moving from Facebook sales to a storefront is a good step. Your South Carolina Retail License covers everything on the shelves, and the Form ST-8A Resale Certificate lets you buy clothing, shoes and wholesale decor tax-free for resale. Handmade items you make from raw materials are covered the same way for the materials. Gal Made also needs a local business license and a lease with the right zoning.
Short answer: Purchasing Wholesale: 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. When you buy inventory to resell, the paperwork is 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 442299 (All Other Home Furnishings Stores)
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All Businesses Need a Cheraw Business License & a Trade Business Name ( Chesterfield 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 SC 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 SC Business Tax ID but also need a Business License.
Instead of filing a Trade Business Name, You Can Incorporate in SC or form a(n) SC 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. Clothing Store Nearly all businesses need a(n) , Cheraw business tax registration.
2. Clothing Store 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) Chesterfield County DBA assumed business name certificate.
3. In SC you may also need a sales tax ID AKA seller's permit if you sell merchandise that is taxable. ( A.K.A SCseller'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 SC Federal Tax ID Number and a(n) SC State Employer Tax Number.
5. Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing in Cheraw, Incorporate in SC or form a(n) LLC.