Barbara · Crescent Bay Foods · Marysville, WA
Barbara wrote: “I make and sell organic dog food and dog food treats. I will buy food supplies wholesale and sell online to all 50 states from my home and to the public.”
Hi Barbara, Washington's business license with a reseller permit is the right base, and it lets suppliers sell ingredients tax-free using your reseller permit. Pet food has its own registration and labeling rules, and using the word organic usually requires certification. Washington has no state income tax on wages, so hiring means unemployment insurance registration only. Online sales to other states may add rules.
Short answer: Wholesale License Application Marysville WA: in Washington, what most people call a wholesale license is the business license with a reseller permit. With it, and a reseller permit for your suppliers, an organic dog food business can buy inventory for resale without paying sales tax up front.
Washington calls its seller's permit the business license with a reseller permit. Suppliers selling to you tax-free will ask for a reseller permit. Wholesalers need a Washington business license, and wholesale sales are subject to the B&O tax even though no sales tax is collected. Washington's B&O tax has a wholesaling classification, and sellers must keep a reseller permit or other documentation for every wholesale customer.
Industry code: NAICS 311111 (Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing)
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All Businesses Need a Marysville Business License & a Trade Business Name ( Snohomish 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 WA 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 WA Business Tax ID but also need a Business License.
Instead of filing a Trade Business Name, You Can Incorporate in WA or form a(n) WA 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. Dog Food Nearly all businesses need a(n) , Marysville business tax registration.
2. Dog Food 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) Snohomish County DBA assumed business name certificate.
3. In WA 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 WAseller'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 WA Federal Tax ID Number and a(n) WA State Employer Tax Number.
5. Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing in Marysville, Incorporate in WA or form a(n) LLC.