[TriLUG] Re: OT - sole proprietorships, was 'legal question'

[Rock Roskam]

DBA have to be registered in each county you do business in.  You still have to register with the state seperately for taxes and a tax ID if you are selling a product.  No tax ID on computer services needed.


Rock Roskam


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From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Mack.Joseph at epamail.epa.gov
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Re: OT - sole proprietorships, was 'legal question'

Joseph Mack PhD, High Performance Computing & Scientific Visualisation LMIT, Supporting the EPA Research Triangle Park, NC 919-541-0007 Federal Contact - John B. Smith 919-541-1087 - smith.john at epa.gov

trilug-bounces at trilug.org wrote on 03/23/2005 02:03:57 PM:

>
> > You also get to register a business name, which you can't do by 
> > yourself.
>
> For $14, a sole proprietor can register a company name.  It's called a 
> "doing business as" or "D/B/A" form.

dang. I didn't know you could do that. I enquired about this and found out that doing DBA was something you did by yourself, but had no legal standing.

Thanks Joe

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