99% of new businesses are required to get a(n) , Lithonia business tax registration.
 Businesses with an trade firm name other than the owner's legal name are required to get a(n) Dekalb County  DBA assumed business name certificate. Â
  On the other hand you may also need seller's permit if you sell merchandise that is taxable.  (A.K.A GA seller's permit, state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate).
   In addition you will need a federal and a state EIN if you will hire employees. I.e., a GA Federal Tax Id Number and a(n) GA  State Employer Tax Number Â
   Instead of filing an Assumed Trade Firm business name ("DBA" Doing Business As) in Lithonia, set up a coporation in GA  or set up a(n) GA LLCÂ
Here's How to Get Your GA Seller's Permit and Other permits and Registrations You May Need.
GA Seller's Permit, LLC, DBA, Licenses & Tax IDs Requirements:
First decide on a business structure Fashion as a Sole Proprietor, LLC/Corp, or Partnership.
✔ Step 2 All Fashion Businesses need a , Business tax registration also called an occupation business License ✔ Step 3 Selling/Leasing or if wanting to buy or sell Fashion merchandise, food, equipment requires a Seller's Permit. ✔ Step 4 All Fashion Businesses Using a DBA doing business as name need a DBA Fictitious Business Name ✔ Step 5 Hiring Fashion Workers Requires a Federal EIN and a State Tax Number EIN
Selling/Leasing or if wanting to buy or sell Fashion merchandise, food, equipment requires a Seller's Permit.
All Fashion Businesses Using a DBA doing business as name need a DBA Fictitious Business Name
Hiring Fashion Workers Requires a Federal EIN and a State Tax Number EIN
As of 9/4/2025 6:07:26 PM, you can obtain your LITHONIA seller's permit here at $39 plus any tax you may have to pay in advance. To set up your reseller license is inexpensive but starting your business may cost you about (figures vary depending on area and type of business ) $209952.61 or $5530038.55 depending on your start up money. Getting a license in LITHONIA DEKALB LITHONIA, 30038 You will have many potential clients in this city. In fact, as much as 23693 but about 8509 are families in this area in GA. In addition, getting a 678/770 cell phone area code may help increase the idea that you operate from the city because you can text your clients as a local vendor (remember, everyone is texting these days). You can lease a space to operate your business from but if buying a house, the prices are (about $ 30038 114500 avergage value) , which you can use as a home operated business as well.
Your actual location in LITHONIA will be your business address. E.g., your business location could be 51019 LITHONIA Road/Avenue or 55TH Way/Ct or LITHONIA, GA . Operating from a 30038 P.O. Box location purported as your business mailing address. E.g. P.O Box 30107 LITHONIA,GA 30038 . However this turns out, in 268 considering demographics is intelligent. For example,
before iinvesting in getting a wholesale license there, there are about 2176, Whites, 296 Hispanics, and 20995 Blacks in the 30038 area. Another important consideration is that of the residents' income in the wingspan of your business location. Each family here earns about $55010 per household and has about 2.61 residents per family. However, is the weather nice? Consider that the altitude is 1019 feet, and you getting a seller's license in 5 time zone.