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							Start Your Business 
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							Get  Your Business Fictitious Trade Name  & All Legally 
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							Licenses  &Tax Id Number s  
						 
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						Briefly, Here's 
						What You Need.  | 
					 
					
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							-  Required:
							
						
							
 
							-  Optional:
							
						
							- All 
							Businesses are advised to do a 
							
							nationwide business name search to clear the 
							business name so no one sues the company for damages 
							or sues to enjoin you from using the business name.  
							Available Here
 
							-  If you have 
							valuable personal assets, you need to 
							
							
							protect them 
							by 
							
							incorporation or forming an 
							LLC. 
							You 
							don't need a Business Fictitious Trade Name  if you file an LLC or Corporation.  
							However, all the other applicable items apply to 
							corporations and llcs as well as to individual 
							owners. Available Here
 
							- Even if you are a 
							sole owner, most advisors recommend getting a 
							
							federal Tax Id Number  
							number to use instead of your social security number 
							to open a business checking account.
 
						 
							 
						 
						
						
						 
    
    
    
      
    
      
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Ebay Business,   
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Online Websites,   
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Home-Based  Business, 
      
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Swap meets, or Outdoor Event Selling, 
		  
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Sole Owners,   
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Corporations,  
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Contractors, Attorneys, Engineers etc,  
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		Other Type of Business.  
	 
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					Minimum  
					Number of Licenses, and Tax Id Number s 
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			Such as: 
			
		 
	 
	   
				 
				  
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			NO, 
							
			
			I have NOT filed 
			any Business Licenses & Permits yet. 
			
			YES, 
							I have  filed a Business Fictitious Trade Name 
			(Also Called a Fictitious Business Name, 
				Assumed Name, or Trade Name )  
			
			YES, I 
						have filed a 
				corporation, 
							 
			
			YES, I 
						have  filed an 
			LLC Limited Liability Company  
							 
		 
		  
	 
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					If you filed an 
					LLC, or Corporation,    do you 
					have the filed certificate or know the file number of the 
					certificate?  | 
								
								 
	
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					Have you already Get ed a federal Tax Id Number  for your 
					corporation,  or LLC ? | 
								
								 Yes     
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			Is it because you 
			lost the certificate, or 
			you actually never filed / Get ed a certificate? | 
								
	
	I lost the certificate    
								 
								
								I 
				have actually never filed or Get ed  a certificate? 
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			Is the business name you want to file, the same as the corporation, LLC or 
		Limited Partnership Name?   | 
								
								 
	Yes    
      No  | 
							 
							
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					(E.g.,  
		If the corporation name is "IBM, Inc" and the business name you want to 
		file is "Best Buy Computers", then the business name would be different 
		from the corporation name.)  | 
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			Do You Have a Business Fictitious Trade Name  Certificate
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	Yes    
      No  
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								| (or an Assumed 
								Business Name, Fictitious Business Name 
								Certificate)  
			for that business name? | 
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								Does your business name includes your last name?  | 
								
								 
								Yes    
      							No  | 
							 
							
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								 Note: Answer that even if you don't have 
		a company name yet.   The only thing you have to know is if 
		the name that you will use contains your last  name.  | 
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					Does your business 
		name includes anything such as "& Co", & Sons,  or   
		"& Associates?  | 
								
								 Yes      
	No  
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								Are You Going To Hire Employees Within the Next 
								Two Months?
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								 Yes    
    
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								Are you going to sell retail or wholesale 
									items that you charge your cliets taxes or services?  | 
								
								 
								Yes   
    							No
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					Are you going to sell retail or wholesale items that you charge your cliets taxes or services?  | 
								
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