Edward · Allentown, PA
Hi Edward, selling hair products online from Allentown starts with the Sales, Use and Hotel Occupancy Tax License, which lets you collect tax where it applies. With it, Form REV-1220, the state's Exemption Certificate, allows you to buy hair inventory from wholesalers tax-free for resale. If you also cut or style hair, that is a separate cosmetology license. With seven employees, add employer registration too.
Short answer: For a hair products retailer in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the essentials are the Sales, Use and Hotel Occupancy Tax License, a federal tax ID number (EIN) and a local business license, plus an LLC or other structure.
The Pennsylvania version of the seller's permit is the Sales, Use and Hotel Occupancy Tax License. Suppliers selling to you tax-free will ask for a Form REV-1220 Pennsylvania Exemption Certificate. Not a sales tax license. A business selling only to resellers applies for a wholesaler certificate instead; it cannot hold both. Pennsylvania issues a separate wholesaler certificate to businesses that sell only for resale; any retail selling requires the sales tax license instead.
Industry code: NAICS 456199 (All Other Health and Personal Care Retailers), 446199 under the 2017 codes
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All Businesses Need a Allentown Business License & a Trade Business Name ( Lehigh 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 PA 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 PA Business Tax ID but also need a Business License.
Instead of filing a Trade Business Name, You Can Incorporate in PA or form a(n) PA LLC & You Will Not Need To File A DBA
Requirements below include websites as well as home-based or eBay Businesses.
1. Hair 99% of new businesses are required to get a(n), Allentown business Id registration ( business tax registration or business permit).
2. Hair Starting businesses using a company name other than the legal owner's name need a (n) Lehigh County DBA Doing Business As Trade Firm Name Registration.
3. In PA 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 PAseller'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 PA Federal Tax ID Number and a(n) PA State Employer Tax Number.
5. Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing in Allentown, Incorporate in PA or form a(n) LLC.