Cheapest place to get AA shirts?

Try alphashirt.com.

You're going to need a tax id number to receive wholesale prices from any distributor.

If you are planning to start getting materials to start your business you should open an LLC. This will solve all of your problems. An LLC will take you about an hour to process the paperwork and in most states will cost you around $100. It will also allow you to get a tax ID number so you can get all of your wholesale prices. You can also get a company bank account with this ID number and if you buy your materials through your new business account it will all be tax deductable. If you are new to printing tshirts and are worried about any legal hassels you can remove some personal liabitity by opening an LLC aswell.

so if i get an LLC and make no profit this year will I still have to pay any taxes? I live in PA if thats helpful

You will actually save on your taxes. If you register for an LLC you will have to file taxes but you can use flow through taxation, for example if your new business you buy a computer, press, shirts etc and you spent $6000 this year and you made $1000 off your sales. Which would put you in the negative $5000 you can actually flow that through to your regular taxes. which means not only will you not owe on your business taxes but, for example if you make $50,000 per year at your day job you can write off the 5k you lost and will only be taxed on $45,000 of your salary and probably receive a rebate

Also i am not sure how much it costs in PA you can find out quickly online but most states are around $100...cheaper ones at $50 and i havent seen any states more expensive than $200

mikec215 said:

You will actually save on your taxes. If you register for an LLC you will have to file taxes but you can use flow through taxation, for example if your new business you buy a computer, press, shirts etc and you spent $6000 this year and you made $1000 off your sales. Which would put you in the negative $5000 you can actually flow that through to your regular taxes. which means not only will you not owe on your business taxes but, for example if you make $50,000 per year at your day job you can write off the 5k you lost and will only be taxed on $45,000 of your salary and probably receive a rebate

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You can do that as an LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp or just under you SSN#. The LLC gives you protection while the tax advantages of a partnership. Most distributors will want a resellers id#. For a tax ID you can always use your SSN#.

Im a little scaried about putting my social security number to AA to get an account. I dont wanna buy a couple cases and run into some tax issues or something in the long run.

Can someone enlight me on the pricing I would recieve on AA shirts...like a wholesale pricing list

One of my friends owns three laundrymats, and he told me he wasn't charged anything for the retail license. I don't remember if you have to get a separate business license versus retail, but in NJ you go to their website, and feel out the paperwork then fax it back to them.

For PA, do an online search for State Business License, and that should bring up the site. You can also look in the yellow pages.

We started as a sole Propriator, and do just fine. You can also call a few small businesses and ask for advice, not to mention your accountant. In many cases they'll start the paper work for you, then you can write that cost off. Yahooooo!

INEEDPARTZ said:

Can someone enlight me on the pricing I would recieve on AA shirts...like a wholesale pricing list

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Unfortunately, the members here cannot post the wholesale prices of American Apparel because you need to have a business to access that price list. Whenever a wholesaler keeps their price list private from the public, we do not allow it to be posted here either. This is simply to protect the garment decorators from having the customers doing price checking on what the printer is charging them.

Very good answer Bobbylee, plus the guy really needs to open his own business legally, and it's not very hard to do. If he's not sure how, he can visit the local SCORE office which is free. He or she just needs to find out when they're open because they're all retired business persons.

I was just on the IRS website and was about to get an EIN number for an LLC but I was second guessing because i dont know if im doing the right thing. Should I get my EIN number before I actually register my business as a LLC or that doesnt matter? Wanted the EIn number so I can set up my AA account asap.. I got all this screens in my studio ready to be mass produced but I want to do things the right way.

INEEDPARTZ said:

I was just on the IRS website and was about to get an EIN number for an LLC but I was second guessing because i dont know if im doing the right thing. Should I get my EIN number before I actually register my business as a LLC or that doesnt matter? Wanted the EIn number so I can set up my AA account asap.. I got all this screens in my studio ready to be mass produced but I want to do things the right way.

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You don't have to have an llc or an ein # for AA. You can use your social security number if you are an individual.

You HAVE to have a resellers license from your state. This license enables you to buy wholesale without paying sales tax and for collecting/remitting sales tax you get from sales. That is what you should be concentrating on.

P.S. I would not take the tax advice of anonymous forum members as to how best to legally set up your company. Talk to your accountant instead. In the meantime, get a resellers license in your individual name so you can start buying shirts. It can be transferred to whatever company name you decide on later.

how much does a resellers license cost? (PA my state of location) and how long does it take for me to recieve the id number for it?

INEEDPARTZ said:

how much does a resellers license cost? (PA my state of location) and how long does it take for me to recieve the id number for it?

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Call your state office and ask.

ya man a quick phone call will save you the time your posting looking for the answer, good luck tho im sure you will find what your looking for, i am in the process of doing the same thing just call they will have more information pertaining to your state than we can offer =)

In many cases you need to get a business license first. Joe is correct though, get the advice from an Account, a Lawyer or call the IRS in your state. They will tell you which needs to be first for your state. I believe PA has a bunch of city tax that you have to apply for too. Your accountant will help you, but don't wait, as of January first he or she will be real busy due to all the procrastinators that wait for the beginning of the year, but that's another can of worms. You don't have to file once a year, businesses can do it more often especially if they're bringing in more revenue for the city/state.

When I worked in the corporate world, we were asked to pay monthly due to our income. Luckily our accountant spear headed that and got us off the hook.