Sarah asked: “How can I obtain a crafter's license to sell my products?”
Hi Sarah, congratulations on Supakutecreations! Handmade baby blankets, bags, and pet beds make treasured gifts, and craft fair shoppers love meeting the person behind the stitches. The Texas sales and use tax permit comes first here, because it is what lets you collect sales tax and buy inventory wholesale. In this answer you will find the business structure, the tax registrations, and the local and industry licenses for Supakutecreations, plus a short recap at the end.
There is no crafter's license in Texas, which is a pleasant surprise: what applies is a Texas sales and use tax permit, because handmade items are taxable retail goods. That permit lets you collect tax from customers and buy supplies that become part of your product without paying tax, by giving a resale certificate to your suppliers. If you sell under a name like Supakutecreations rather than your own, register an assumed name. Craft fairs often ask for your permit number before a booth is confirmed, so get it early. Keep a list of what you make and what it costs to produce.
By the numbers: Banks, insurers, and tax forms will ask for your industry code. For a homemade craft business it is NAICS 314999 (All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills). That makes 6 items on your list.
Tip: Research children's product safety and tracking label rules before selling items meant for babies.
To recap: Supakutecreations in Kempner, TX needs a sales tax permit, an LLC, a DBA, an EIN, a business license, and children's product safety certification. Check them off one by one and you will open with confidence.
We can file your seller's permit and the other registrations for you: start here.
99% of new businesses are required to get a(n) , Kempner business tax registration.
 Businesses with an trade firm name other than the owner's legal name are required to get a(n) Lampasas 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 TX 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 TX Federal Tax Id Number and a(n) TX  State Employer Tax Number Â
   Instead of filing an Assumed Trade Firm business name ("DBA" Doing Business As) in Kempner, set up a coporation in TX  or set up a(n) TX LLCÂ
Cheree wrote: “I will sell crafts and cold drinks at the local pool rec center. I will resell towels, sunscreen, hair ties and goggles from a store, and make my own earrings, small home decor signs and hand painted flowerpots with flowers inside.”
Hi Cheree, Sunshine Things sounds like a promising venture. Sewing at home keeps costs low, and holiday fairs deliver crowds of gift buyers in a single weekend. The New Mexico gross receipts tax registration (CRS number) comes first here, because it is what lets you collect sales tax and buy inventory wholesale. In this answer you will find the business structure, the tax registrations, and the local and industry licenses for Sunshine Things, plus a short recap at the end.
New Mexico handles this through a gross receipts registration, which is the closest thing to a seller's permit, and it covers everything on your table: the towels, goggles, hair ties, sunscreen, cold drinks, and your own earrings, signs and painted flowerpots. Buying resale goods at a regular store means you pay tax on them, so once registered, buy from wholesale suppliers with a resale certificate instead. A pool is a managed space, so you will need permission from whoever runs the rec center, and they may have rules about food and drink. The clink of ice in the cooler is the sound of your first sale.
To recap: Sunshine Things in Rio Rancho, NM needs a sales tax permit, an LLC, a DBA, an EIN, a business license, and children's product safety certification. With the paperwork done, the fun part begins: serving your first customers.
Here's How to Get Your TX Seller's Permit and Other permits and Registrations You May Need.
TX Seller's Permit, LLC, DBA, Licenses & Tax IDs Requirements:
Start with a Connecticut sales and use tax permit. A thrift and consignment shop sells taxable goods to the public, so you must collect sales tax, and consigned items count as your sales too.
• Trade name: a DBA if you operate under a shop name as a sole proprietor, though an LLC would separate the shop's debts from your own. • EIN: useful for banking and required once you hire anyone. • Local business license and zoning approval for the Bridgeport storefront, plus any certificate of occupancy for the space. • Written consignment agreements with each seller, spelling out the split and the holding period. • Employer accounts for unemployment and withholding if you add staff.
Secondhand dealer rules sometimes apply to jewelry or electronics, so ask us before stocking those.
In Mississippi you would register for a sales tax permit. That registration is what lets you hand wholesalers a resale certificate, so you buy inventory without paying sales tax on it, and it also obliges you to collect tax on sales to Mississippi customers.
As a sole proprietor you can run under your own name, or file a DBA if you want a brand name on your website and invoices. Many wholesalers also ask for an EIN, which keeps your Social Security number off paperwork. Check whether your town wants a local privilege or business license even for a home-based online shop. If you will sell into other states in volume, you may owe sales tax registration there too. An LLC is optional but worth considering once sales grow, and we can file every piece of this for you.
Your cosmetology license covers the services you perform, but selling products is a separate matter. In Ohio you need a vendor's license, since you will be collecting sales tax on every bottle and tool sold to a client.
That same vendor's license lets you buy product from distributors using a resale certificate, so you stop paying tax at the wholesale counter. If you work from a salon booth, ask the owner whether sales run through their register or yours, because that decides whose license is used. Add an EIN, and an LLC or DBA if you want a brand name on your invoices. Your contractor license does not figure into retail, so unless you sell in a store you lease, a local business license is the only other piece. We can file the vendor's license and EIN for you.
The Texas state sales and use tax rate is 6.25% since 1990, but local taxing jurisdictions (cities, counties, special purpose districts, and transit authorities, but specifically not including school districts) may also impose sales and use taxes up to 2% for a total of 8.25%.The main items exempt from Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) include medicines (prescription and over-the-counter), food and food seeds (but prepared food, such as from a restaurant, is subject to Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) ).
Motor vehicle and boat sales are taxed at only the 6.25% state rate; there is no local sales and use tax on these items. In addition, a motor vehicle or boat purchased outside the state is assessed a use tax at the same rate as one purchased inside the state. The Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) is calculated on the greater of either the actual purchase price or the "standard presumptive value" of the vehicle, as determined by the state, except for certain purchases (mainly purchases from licensed dealers or from auctions).
Lodging rates are subject to a 6% rate at the state level, with local entities being allowed to charge additional amounts. For example, the city of Austin levies a 9% hotel/motel tax, bringing the total to 15%, trailing only Houston for the highest total lodging tax statewide, at 17%.Lodging for travelers on official government business is specifically exempt from tax but the traveler must submit an exemption form to the hotel/motel and provide proof of official status.
If merchants file and pay their sales and use tax on time, they may subtract 1/2 percent of the tax collected as a discount, to encourage prompt payment and to compensate the merchant for collecting the tax from consumers for the state.
Texas provides one Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) holiday per year (generally in August prior to the start of the school year, running from Friday to Sunday of the designated weekend). Clothing less than $100 (except for certain items, such as golf shoes) and school supplies are exempt from all Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) (state and local) on this one weekend only. There has also been talk of a tax free weekend in December to help with the Holiday shopping season.
First decide on a business structure Homemade Crafts as a Sole Proprietor, LLC/Corp, or Partnership.
✔ Step 2 All Homemade Crafts Businesses need a , Business tax registration also called an occupation business License ✔ Step 3 Selling/Leasing or if wanting to buy or sell Homemade Crafts merchandise, food, equipment requires a Seller's Permit. ✔ Step 4 All Homemade Crafts Businesses Using a DBA doing business as name need a DBA Fictitious Business Name ✔ Step 5 Hiring Homemade Crafts Workers Requires a Federal EIN and a State Tax Number EIN
Selling/Leasing or if wanting to buy or sell Homemade Crafts merchandise, food, equipment requires a Seller's Permit.
All Homemade Crafts Businesses Using a DBA doing business as name need a DBA Fictitious Business Name
Hiring Homemade Crafts Workers Requires a Federal EIN and a State Tax Number EIN
As of 11/12/2026 8:45:24 AM, you can obtain your KEMPNER 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 ) $3012.69 or $6676539.66 depending on your start up money. Getting a license in KEMPNER LAMPASAS KEMPNER, 76539 You will have many potential clients in this city. In fact, as much as 5773 but about 2252 are families in this area in TX. In addition, getting a 512 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 $ 76539 90500 avergage value) , which you can use as a home operated business as well.
Your actual location in KEMPNER will be your business address. E.g., your business location could be 61025 KEMPNER Road/Avenue or 66TH Way/Ct or KEMPNER, TX . Operating from a 76539 P.O. Box location purported as your business mailing address. E.g. P.O Box 63734 KEMPNER,TX 76539 . However this turns out, in 712 considering demographics is intelligent. For example,
before iinvesting in getting a wholesale license there, there are about 4869, Whites, 574 Hispanics, and 301 Blacks in the 76539 area. Another important consideration is that of the residents' income in the wingspan of your business location. Each family here earns about $47305 per household and has about 2.69 residents per family. However, is the weather nice? Consider that the altitude is 1025 feet, and you getting a seller's license in 6 time zone.