All Businesses need a(n) , Oil City business tax registration.
 All Businesses that use a business name to trade that is other than the surname and first name of a sole proprietor or a fictitious business name other than the LLC or Corporation legal name need a(n) Venango County  DBA assumed business name certificate. Â
  You may also need a resale license if you selling touchable items.  (A.K.A PA 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 PA Federal Tax Id Number and a(n) PA  State Employer Tax Number Â
   Instead of filing an Assumed Trade Firm business name ("DBA" Doing Business As) in Oil City, set up a coporation in PA  or set up a(n) PA LLCÂ
Here's How to Get Your PA Seller's Permit and Other permits and Registrations You May Need.
PA Seller's Permit, LLC, DBA, Licenses & Tax IDs Requirements:
First decide on a business structure Homemade Soap as a Sole Proprietor, LLC/Corp, or Partnership.
✔ Step 2 All Homemade Soap Businesses need a , Business tax registration also called an occupation business License ✔ Step 3 Selling/Leasing or if wanting to buy or sell Homemade Soap merchandise, food, equipment requires a Seller's Permit. ✔ Step 4 All Homemade Soap Businesses Using a DBA doing business as name need a DBA Fictitious Business Name ✔ Step 5 Hiring Homemade Soap Workers Requires a Federal EIN and a State Tax Number EIN
Selling/Leasing or if wanting to buy or sell Homemade Soap merchandise, food, equipment requires a Seller's Permit.
All Homemade Soap Businesses Using a DBA doing business as name need a DBA Fictitious Business Name
Hiring Homemade Soap Workers Requires a Federal EIN and a State Tax Number EIN
As of 9/19/2025 4:09:42 AM, you can obtain your OIL CITY 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 ) $1182.64 or $5516301.55 depending on your start up money. Getting a license in OIL CITY VENANGO OIL CITY, 16301 You will have many potential clients in this city. In fact, as much as 17758 but about 8358 are families in this area in PA. In addition, getting a 814 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 $ 16301 48800 avergage value) , which you can use as a home operated business as well.
Your actual location in OIL CITY will be your business address. E.g., your business location could be 51017 OIL CITY Road/Avenue or 55TH Way/Ct or OIL CITY, PA . Operating from a 16301 P.O. Box location purported as your business mailing address. E.g. P.O Box 15033 OIL CITY,PA 16301 . However this turns out, in 675 considering demographics is intelligent. For example,
before iinvesting in getting a wholesale license there, there are about 17445, Whites, 99 Hispanics, and 118 Blacks in the 16301 area. Another important consideration is that of the residents' income in the wingspan of your business location. Each family here earns about $30869 per household and has about 2.64 residents per family. However, is the weather nice? Consider that the altitude is 1017 feet, and you getting a seller's license in 5 time zone.