Granted i live in Utah so you will need to check with your local authorities to make sure you have everything you need.
but first off if you are Selling shirts to make a profit you are a business. It doesn't matter if you have a retail store or do it out of your house. Because of that you will be required to legally start a business and that will give you your DBA, and EIN number. Then because you are selling shirts to the public you need to charge them sales tax so that requires you to get a sales tax number. (Again check with your local authorities because some rules are different state to state. This is just how Utah does it.)
Just because you don't think it is a business doesn't mean its not a business. The fines that may be applied to you if your caught operating without the proper licenses are usually far far far more than the actual cost to just get set up legally in the first place.
And yes wholesale places will only sell to legitimate businesses with tax numbers. They have to prove that the people they sell to are charging the end user with the tax. The Sales tax number you supply them basically proves that.
but first off if you are Selling shirts to make a profit you are a business. It doesn't matter if you have a retail store or do it out of your house. Because of that you will be required to legally start a business and that will give you your DBA, and EIN number. Then because you are selling shirts to the public you need to charge them sales tax so that requires you to get a sales tax number. (Again check with your local authorities because some rules are different state to state. This is just how Utah does it.)
Just because you don't think it is a business doesn't mean its not a business. The fines that may be applied to you if your caught operating without the proper licenses are usually far far far more than the actual cost to just get set up legally in the first place.
And yes wholesale places will only sell to legitimate businesses with tax numbers. They have to prove that the people they sell to are charging the end user with the tax. The Sales tax number you supply them basically proves that.
