Hi.
Me and my friends wanted to start t-shirt selling business, but we are not sure if we ready.
We have t-shirts screen printed, tagged, and labeled.
We have website, bank account, paypal account.
Everything seems to be good and ready but we have doubts about licenses.
What kind of licenses do we need? (oh Sorry I forgot to mention We are from NY.)
Do we actually need license to just start up?
Does it cost anything?
And Since everyone here have some experience can you please give us some advice...
You should go to your local chamber of commerce and ask them what you need specifically for your city. It varies from city to city and from county to county.
You may need a business license, you'll probably need some sort of tax license (for collecting sales taxes)
You should go to your local chamber of commerce and ask them what you need specifically for your city. It varies from city to city and from county to county.
You may need a business license, you'll probably need some sort of tax license (for collecting sales taxes)
At the very least you MUST have a vendor's license. Since you will be selling you must also charge applicable sales tax & file a sales tax return. When you apply for your license they will discuss how often you should file depending upon expected business. Also you may want to consider registering your business name with the state to avoid using the same name as another company. As far as cost for either, I'm not sure about NY. Hope this helps.
Dave
At the very least you MUST have a vendor's license. Since you will be selling you must also charge applicable sales tax & file a sales tax return. When you apply for your license they will discuss how often you should file depending upon expected business. Also you may want to consider registering your business name with the state to avoid using the same name as another company. As far as cost for either, I'm not sure about NY. Hope this helps.
Dave
Thank You, when I emailed Permit Assistance Unit for assistance. They responded saying "A clothing store does not require a NYS business permit/license at this
time unless you are manufacturing the clothing yourself. If so, you
will need to register with the NYS Department of Labor"
But We didn't screen print the t-shirt our self or anything we just order them from Screen Printing Company so does it count as we manufacturing them?
who do i email? im in CA and i am in the same boat as you. have shirts, paypal, bank acct, website, myspace, tages, biz cards, etc...
I dont know what part of california you are in but I am in los angles, the things I needed were filing a DBA, business license for the city and my resellers license.
I dont know what part of california you are in but I am in los angles, the things I needed were filing a DBA, business license for the city and my resellers license.
hope this helps
Bobbie
how long did it take you and how long till you were all set. i dont live in cali but i am sure it is around the same process here in IL
how long did it take you and how long till you were all set. i dont live in cali but i am sure it is around the same process here in IL
The longest part was filing and publishing the DBA because it had to run for I think 4 or 8 weeks, I dont remember the exact amount of time. I hired a company that did all of my filings for me so I didnt have to go anywhere, I just paid them to do it for me. It cost me around 275 dollars for everything. If I remember correctly it took about two months for everything to be done.
The longest part was filing and publishing the DBA because it had to run for I think 4 or 8 weeks, I dont remember the exact amount of time. I hired a company that did all of my filings for me so I didnt have to go anywhere, I just paid them to do it for me. It cost me around 275 dollars for everything. If I remember correctly it took about two months for everything to be done.
Bobbie
do you know what percentage of that is fees and what percent went to get the licenses?
Ok I just looked it up and it cost $249, I know when I added it up and all of the places I would have to drive to file, and also the publishing cost for the DBA it was easier to use this type of service, the costs were really not that much different if I were to do it myself. The company I used was businessnameusa.com and I used them because I really did not know exactly what I needed for the particular area I live, but they did a great job and it was fairly quick. hope this helps
Am I ready? 
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