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Hi, I'm jocelyn t rhymes Do I Need A Liscense To Sell Candy Apples From Hom Candy Apple
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I make candy apples from home. I deliver them to anyone interested in buying. I usually deliver to customers. Do I Need A License To Sell Candy Apples From Home.
A: Here are the permits You Need for To Sell Candy Apples From Home.:

1. A business license,
2. A seller's perm..., jocelyn t rhymes.

Hi, I'm Fran Get Sellers Permit Bonaire GA Wholesale Home Candy Apple
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Get Sellers Permit Bonaire GA Wholesale Home
I would like to sell Candy Apples online and locally from the home as a Wholeseller

You need a seller's permit to buy the apples wholesale and sell them retail. Here is what else you need:

First, select your Candy Apple busine..., Fran.

First, select your Candy Apple business structure: Sole Proprietor, Partnership, LLC or Corporation.

The above step is important business all Candy Apple documents will be filed under the type of business organizational structure. After that, you will need to obtain a business permit.

This is a general business permit that all new businesses must obtain.

Note that in the majority of the cases you do not need to obtain a business permit that is specifically for your type of business. You only need a general business permit.

In addition, all businesses must be identified by a business tax ID called a federal tax ID number or Employer Identification Number (EIN). If you file as a sole proprietor, you can use your social security number instead of the federal ID.

Then, a seller's permit is required if you sell Candy Apple merchandise wholesale or retail.

The sellers permit is also called state ID, wholesale ID, resale ID, or re-seller license.

If you are an employer, you will need a federal employer Number and a State Employer Number.

If you do business as a name other than your full legal name, for example, you do business as "1 Candy Apple ," you will need to file a doing business as (DBA) filing.

Finally, you have the option or incorporating or forming an LLC. Setting up as one of these corporate entities allows you not to file a DBA.

✔ Biz Structure

You can choose to be a(n) Candy Apple :

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

✔ Biz License

Clearwater 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) Candy Apple business using a fictitious business name in Pinellas County i.e. you are a business with a trade name other than the owner's legal (full name) name are required to get a(n) fictitious business name. For instance you open a(n) Candy Apple business and you name it "Superior Candy Apple Group". You will need to file a fictitious business name for that name.

✔ Seller Permit

In addition note that in FL you may also need a seller's permit if you sell merchandise that is taxable. (A.K.A state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate, about $39 for most states).
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

In addition you will need a federal and a state EIN if you will hire employees. I.e., a FL Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) FL 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 Clearwater, Incorporate in FL or form a(n) FL LLC .

You have a choice to file a DBA or form an LLC or incorporate. There is a cicrcumstance that you may not need to register a trade name and that is when you use your full name as a business name if you use your full legal name as a trade name.
Also note that even using your first and last name may not help you avoid filing a DBA if the name has a suffix such as "& sons" etc.

✔ Incorporation

If you do form an Home Business llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Candy Apple business instead of just filing a fictitious business name (dba), that insurs that you don't have personal liability for debts and civile liabililty arising from your business dealings and you will not have to record the Clearwater business name. Instead of just registering your Pinellas County assumed business name (our fee includes assumed business name registration and legal newspaper publication) you can choose to setup a corporation in FL or form an FL LLC (starts @ $49 plus state fee for most states & includes required documents such as bylaws for the corporation and Limited Liability operating agreement for the LLC). .

Free Seller's Permit