Raines Landscaping · East Springfield, OH
A mower humming across a lawn, fresh mulch steaming in the sun and clean stripes behind a crew.
Short answer: Wholesale License DBA: in Ohio, what most people call a wholesale license is the Vendor's License. With it, and a Form STEC B Sales and Use Tax Blanket Exemption Certificate for your suppliers, a landscaping business can buy inventory for resale without paying sales tax up front.
The Ohio version of the seller's permit is the Vendor's License. To buy for resale without paying sales tax, you give the supplier 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. Plants and materials sold to clients may be bought with a resale certificate, while mowers, tools and fuel used in the work are generally taxed.
Tip: Photograph jobs before and after; a lawn looks much better in a picture than from memory.
Industry code: NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services)
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All Businesses Need a East Springfield Business License & a Trade Business Name ( Jefferson 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. Landscaping  Nearly all businesses need a(n) , East Springfield 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) Jefferson County  DBA assumed business name certificate. Â
  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. Â
  5.  Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing in East Springfield, Incorporate in OH  or form a(n) LLC.Â