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Starting a(n) Restaurant Business Licenses & Tax IDs

Restaurant

You can choose to be a(n) :

Sole Proprietor,
LLC,
Corporation or
Partnership.
After you decide and select your business entity, you need licensing.

Business Tax Registration ( Business License)
All businesses including home, online or mobile BUSINESS need a BUSINESS license because they are BUSINESSES.

✔ DBA Biz Name

A(n) business

✔ Seller Permit

(A.K.A state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate, about $39 for most states). You will need it if you sell or want to buy wholesale any related items, such as food, materials, or merchandise.
Seller's Permit

✔ Federal EIN

Note: All businesses need a federal tax ID number except sole proprietors that are not employers and are not independent contractors.
An independent contractor is a self employed business person that receives more than $600 per year from anyone of his or her clients.
IRS rule: The client must issue a 1099 form to the independent contractor and the independent contractor must have a federal tax ID. However, even sole owners may obtain a federal ID and use it as a business tax ID instead of using their own social security number as a business tax ID number.
However, all other licenses that apply to sole proprietors as discussed here are requited regardless of getting a federal tax ID number.

✔ State EIN

I.e., a Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) State Employer Tax Number

✔ L L C

Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing (about $49 plus state and legal newspaper publication fees) in , Incorporate in or form a(n) LLC .

✔ Incorporation

If you do form an llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your business instead of just filing a fictitious business name (dba), business name. or form an .

Whether an online, home, store, Restaurant concession stand or a mobile cart, you will need to first select amongsole owner/proprietor, partnership, LLC or corporation, all of which also require a General Business License (not a specific license to your type of business) as well. If your trade name is a business name other than your full personal legal name, you will need to file a DBA .

For instance, your name is John Doe, and you do business as Best Restaurant By John, the name must be registered with aDBA Biz Name because it is not your full legal name. Also, note that whatever item that you sell or lease and it is an item that can be touched (i.e., tangible such as equipment, toys, merchandise, electronics, prepared food) requires a state sales tax ID ( Sellers Permit ) to either buy or sell the items or products wholesale and or sell them retail.

If you are hiring Restaurant workers anytime soon, you will need aFederal EIN and a State EIN (employer identification number). Other instances that you will need a federal tax ID are: if you are a partnership, an independent contractor, and a corporation or anLLC . You can also obtain a federal tax ID as a sole proprietor and use it as a business tax ID in the place of a social security number.

However, you will still need other Restaurant registrations, such as licenses, an assumed business name DBA, and tax IDs as described above. Finally, even one person, sole owner/proprietors working from home or just online can form a LLC or incorporate, in which case, they will not need to file a DBA.

I want to know what i need to open an shave ice cream cart at the flea market hi there! i am currently running my biz as dba but would like to become llc. do i fill out this form on line?

i am running my shaved ice biz as dba and want to be llc what do i need to do Hi, just trying to see what i need to start a shaved ice bussinessI am interested in starting a shaved ice standok my husband is opening this, he will not have any emplyees he will be selling shaved ice and it will not be a mobile stand .

WHERE do I check to see if the dba name is availablewhy do I need an ein if we don't have employees need to know about ice cream or ice shaved buisness.

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