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Jerky Kingdom
Starting Your Own Small Business Selling Jerky Food
You will need a sellers permit because prepared Jerky food is taxable.
Jerky Food businesses are peculiar in that in addition to other licenses and tax IDs, you may need a health inspection. The inspection may take place after you obtain your licenses here online on this site.
In addition, most states require that you take a food certification course ( about $20 depending on your state ). This is usually online and takes less than a day to be certified. This too, can be done after you set up your business. I.e., after you register your food business by obtaining the required licenses here online.
How to Register Your Jerky Food Business
First, select your Jerky food business structure: Select from Sole Proprietor, Partnership, LLC or Corporation.
Then, a sellers permit is required because you sell prepared food wholesale or retail.
If you are an employer, i.e., you hire people to help you prepare, sell, or serve the food, you will need a federal employer Number and a State Employer Number.
Food business that are users of a trade name will need a fictitious business name filing. For example, you name your food business a name like "Great Jerky Food That Makes You Lose Fat and Inches," requires a business name registration.
Finally, you have the option or incorporating or forming an LLC, in which case, you will not have to register the business name so long as the llc or corporation name is the same as the one you register the LLC or corporation as. For example, your business name is "Jerky Food is Us," and you register your LLC as "Food is Us". Then you will not need to register it as a business name because it would be the legal name of the LLC. |
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