First decide on a business structure Trucking as a Sole Proprietor, LLC/Corp, or Partnership.
Selling/Leasing or if wanting to buy or sell Trucking merchandise, food, equipment requires a Seller's Permit.
All Trucking Businesses Using a DBA doing business as name need a DBA Fictitious Business Name
Hiring Trucking Workers Requires a Federal EIN and a State Tax Number EIN
All Selling Online Businesses (Including Web based, Online, Websites, Home or eBay Businesses) that use a trade business name, need a(n) Geary County DBA Business Name Registration
Retailers / Wholesalers, (Including Web based, Online, Websites, Home or eBay Businesses) Need a(n) KS Sellers Permit (A.K.A state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate).
Employers (Including Web based, Online, Websites, Home or eBay Businesses) Need a KS Federal Tax Id Number and a(n) KS State Employer Tax Number
Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing in Junction City, Incorporate in KS or form a(n) KS LLC
Junction City Example:
FAQs:
1. Do you have a sense of what business you would like to start?
2. Will be working by myself and be subject to self employment taxes and want to avoid or reduce them.
3. Do I need to file a DBA assumed business name registration? What about a federal tax ID?
4. When do I need to get a business license? In what order do I get tax IDs and licenses?
5. Can I use any name to file a business license or do I have to use a business name?
6. So if I set up a corporation I still need to get a business license? Or is it the case that if I have filed an LLC or corproration I will not need a business license?
7. Where should I go get a business license and regiser my business?
A: If you have a passion for being in your own business but do not know what business to start
A: Generally an S corporation is best in reducing self employrment taxes
A: You need to file a DBA because it is required by law if your business is doing business under a name other than the legal name of the business for sole proprietors and the corporate name if it is an LLC or corporation. You need a federal tax id for a partnership.
A: You need it immediately after or before you start a business. There is no order of getting licenses. You need to get them as soon as possible.
A: Almost any name can be filed as a Doing Business As but not a corporate name with a suffix such as INC or LLC because if you are not a corporation or LLC you cannot use these name to pretend you are one.
A: No, all businesses and all forms of ownership need a business license.
A: Where to file a business license depends on the business state. Some you need to file at the state level others at the county level and yet others at the city level of government.