Skip Navigation Links
Home
Order
Quiz
Contacts
| | |
Skip Navigation Links
Trade Name
Services
Pricing
Quiz
ORDER
FAQs
Contacts
What Do I Need?
| | |
 


Starting a(n) photography Business Licenses & Tax IDs
Hi, I'm SAMUEL Form DBA Crossvilletn Fuse On Photography Photography Photography Business Service Portrait or Landscape photos my house/officeYes i am trying to see what i need to do as far as having a small photography business in morgantown wv I am thinking of opening up a photography business and wondering if I should do a DBA or LLC I would like to know the price..., SAMUEL.
Hi, I'm Alana Apply Trade Business Name Bloomington IL Photograp Photography I am a photographer and provide related services I am a sole proprietor I do not have a brick and mortar store I have a website Hi can you give me morw info. What do i need to file as a photographer. I only started photography now. So i want to know in steps what i need to do. I do not have a studio..., Alana.
QUESTION: Asked By: laporsche davis 9/21/2015 4:18 PM
what do i need to start

laporsche davis,   in
ANSWER:
Hi laporsche davis: Here is what you need for starting your
  business .
photography
✔ Biz Structure

You can choose to be a(n) Photography :

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


✔ Biz License


Woodstock Business Tax Registration ( PhotographyBusiness License)
All businesses including home, online or mobile BUSINESS need a BUSINESS license because they are BUSINESSES.


✔ DBA Biz Name

A(n) Photography business using a DBA Doing Business As Trade Name in Cherokee County , i.e., starting businesses using a company name other than the legal (given name) owner's name, need a(n) DBA Doing Business As Trade Name Registration.   For example, you start a(n) Photography business and you call it "Ultra Photography Co". You will need to file a trade firm name for it.
✔ Seller Permit

Also, keep in mind that in Georgia Photography though, a business license and a DBA is necessary for most businesses but if your business sells any taxable items, you will need a sales tax ID number.  (A.K.A state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate, about $39 for most states). You will need it if you sell or want to buy wholesale any Photography related items, such as food, materials, or merchandise.
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

If you are thinking of hiring help, you will need a state employer ID and an IRS number employer ID. I.e., a GA Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) GA  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 Woodstock, Incorporate in GA  or  form a(n) GA LLC . 

If you will set up a corporation or form an LLC, you will not have to file a DBA (Doing Business As) unless your corproration or LLC name will be different that the busienss name you will trade under. Businesses that use the full legal name of the owner as a business name do not need to register an assumed business name. So, for example, your name is "John X Doe" and you use that as a business name.
 

✔ Incorporation


If you do form an Services llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Photography business instead of just filing a fictitious business name (dba), it will help you avoid legal and financial personal liability arising out of business transactions and you will not have to register the Woodstock business name. Instead of filing a Cherokee County fictitious business name (our service fee includes dba business name filing and legal paper publication) you can elect to incorporate in Georgia or form an GA LLC (starts @ $49 plus state fee for most states & includes bylaws and LLC operating agreement)..
Registering Your Own Small New photography Business 

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

   The above step is important business all 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  photography  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 photography sole proprietor, you can use your social security number instead of the federal ID. 



   Then, a seller's permit is required if you sell  photography  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 "A Plash Of Perfection photography," you will need to file a doing business as (DBA) filing. 

   Finally, you have the option or incorporating or forming an photography LLC. Setting up as one of these corporate entities allows you not to file a DBA.I have my own photography business but need to get my license, what exactly do I need? Im in KY If I am starting my own photography business, and using a business name that isnt my first and last name, do I file a DBA? Don't you have to make a certain amount to need a license Hi. I just wanted to know how much is a photography business license in Loves Park IL? And where can I go and apply for one. Its a service its going to be a photography business what forms do I need to register my business name I already searched my name and it has not been used in the star of Georgia and I'm doing an LLC Thanks for all your help but it was not helpful I will just talk to a live person later. Thanks I'm opening an online clothing boutique. I have an EIN for my Photography business... do I need a new one for my online boutique? hello, i am currently deciding to take my hobby to a new level as a business. I was wondering if you could help me understand everything involved legally wise to start out, and how taxes work what i should save and shouldn't
I have my own photography business but need to get my license, what exactly do I need? Im in KY If I am starting my own photography business, and using a business name that isnt my first and last name, do I file a DBA?



Don't you have to make a certain amount to need a license Hi. I just wanted to know how much is a photography business license in Loves Park IL? And where can I go and apply for one. Its a service its going to be a photography business what forms do I need to register my business name I already searched my name and it has not been used in the star of Georgia and I'm doing an LLC Thanks for all your help but it was not helpful I will just talk to a live person later.



Thanks I'm opening an online clothing boutique. I have an EIN for my Photography business... do I need a new one for my online boutique? hello, i am currently deciding to take my hobby to a new level as a business. I was wondering if you could help me understand everything involved legally wise to start out, and how taxes work what i should save and shouldn't.


 
Not Sure? Take Quiz!
Not Sure? Take Quiz!
Not Sure? Take Quiz!
Crossville SAMUEL 11/16/2018 12:52 AM .
Form DBA Crossvilletn Fuse On Photography Photography
Photography Business Service Portrait or Landscape photos my house/officeYes i am trying to see what i need to do as far as having a small photography business in morgantown wv I am thinking of opening up a photography business and wondering if I should do a DBA or LLC I would like to know the price of a Photography licence
SAMUELCrossville, Tennessee.
> Get Started


> Learn More...
Not Sure? Take Quiz!
> Get Started


> Learn More...
 
Home | 🔎 | 📞 | 💵 | Order | Quiz


Company
About Us
Contacts

Sitemap
Mobile Site
Full Site
Questions and Answers

Privacy
Privacy
Terms


Copyright