Looking to go legit

I want to register my business and get everything legal. Where have you fellows that have done this gone and how much does it cost? I did a search on the net and came up with several place that do it online for you and the prices it cost but am looking for others opinions. Anything that I should look for or be aware of? Thanks for the help guys!

go to court house get your bda, and resale certificate get you and accountant that can handle your books when we did ours it was small monthly fee and didnt worry about it theres alot more to it than that but once you start the process it pretty much falls together youd really be suprised how easy it to start it all uponce you start the process and follow the step of getting the dba, and resale form for tax purposes and do everything your supposed to for those then its all downhill just gotta get the hang of it

Just go to your local city office, and apply for a business license. It cost me about $25. You need to get a DBA first, unless you want your business to be called Chris Allred. I got this done at the County Clerk's office, and it cost something like $16. Then you are required to publish a statement in a local paper for two weeks. Once I registered my DBA I got a few letters int he mail from local papers. I made sure they where on the list, and picked the one I liked best. They wrote everything for me, and ran it for $22. The obscure papers are the cheapest, and it doesn't matter which you run it in.

You have to pay for these every year. You only have to republish your DBA statements if you make any changes.

Thats technically all you need for a business license.

You can also apply for a Tax ID number and a sellers permit. The Tax ID number comes from the IRS. I have the form number at the shop if you want it. Pretty easy to fill out, then you sign it and send it to them, and they send you a Tax ID number back. Its free, they just want your money at the end of the year.

Sellers permit is easy too, and some wholesale places require it to set up an account. I registered with the BOE of California, and they had my a sellers permit within a month, along with all the info I need for filing with them at the end of the year. This is just for sales tax you collect, but it doesn't cost you anything to get either.

Once you file these things you will be under the radar, because everyone will now know you are a business. The fire department came to inspect my shop shortly after I registered, before I was even finished building it. They are easy to deal with though, and gave me a few weeks to straighten everything out and they came back to check.



Also, how are my parts coming?

seth, have you ever made a sheet metal blower ac box for a s10 to clear tires?? not to steal your thread here chris, but jw

No I haven't. A friend of mine did and I used to have a bunch of pictures though.

Originally posted by laydhombre



seth, have you ever made a sheet metal blower ac box for a s10 to clear tires?? not to steal your thread here chris, but jw

LOL, no problem man.

But anyway, thanks for the info guys lots of good stuff.

Originally posted by UnusualFabrication



I want to register my business and get everything legal. Where have you fellows that have done this gone and how much does it cost? I did a search on the net and came up with several place that do it online for you and the prices it cost but am looking for others opinions. Anything that I should look for or be aware of? Thanks for the help guys!

good luck on going legit man,you deff got the skills for it!

The permits and bda's are all easy but what about the insurancethat you have to carry? Whats all involved with getting that? I know that the insurance companys dont want anything to do with you when air ride and cutting frames etc. So how do word what you are doing with the insurance companys? Seth i know that you had some insight when you started up from some guys on here right?

Thanks! I plan on primarily working out of my shop at home and if things get going real good then looking into a place away from home. Overhead is low so I don't have to shell out extra cash for rent. Also almost have a full machine shop at home.

I am going to list my business as "automotive manufacturing" because I make parts but still do installs and what not.