[pianotech] business license?

[David Love]

In California (and many states) there are two different entities.  The State
Board of Equalization is licensing for collecting sales tax.  They issue a
resale number and are solely responsible for the collection of sales tax.
Then there are local municipality requirements for business licenses.  Some
have them some don't.  In San Francisco they are required because they levy
taxes on payroll amounts (a non issue if you have no employees) plus a
nominal registration fee.  So, you need to check the requirements of the
state and municipality in which you do business.  They vary.    

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Porritt
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 1:07 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] business license?

Gary:

As Mike said, it's all about your state & local government.  Here in Texas
we have to have a Sales Tax number so we can collect sales tax and submit it
(usually quarterly).  What state are you in?

dp

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Mike Spalding
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 2:54 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] business license?

Gary,

Depends on individual state law.  Here in Wisconsin we're required to 
have a retailer's license, at a cost of $10 every 2 years.  All it does 
is assign us a tax ID so we can collect sales tax and pass it on to the 
state every quarter.  Every state has its own rules.

Mike

On 6/3/2011 2:18 PM, Gary wrote:
> I've just acquired a large church contract and they're asking me about 
> a business license.  I've done this almost 40 yrs and haven't been 
> asked that before.  How many of y'all have a business license?
> gary