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John Brankwick posted a new Starting A Business thread on 11/23/2010

What are my duties to Ministry of Finance when I want to be an enterpreneur and start my business in USA? Do I have to have an ID or VAT ID

What are my duties to Ministry of Finance when I want to be an enterpreneur and start my business in USA? Do I have to have an ID or VAT ID?

When I search internet and people who are offering some e-commerce and they are not ltd or other company; I see on contact page just their name and location, no Identification number or VAT identification number at all. Does it mean that you don't need in USA the ID when you run a business.

I am not a native. I am living now in Europe, Czech republic. However, here we need an ID from financial office when we want to start and run a business as an enterpreneur.

We also include this number on every invoice for customer.

People can find us according this IDs on pages like this }to assure we are not fake and illegal):

ID:
http://www.rzp.cz/cgi-bin/apscacheWEB.sh?VSSSERV=ZVWSBJFND

VAT ID:
http://www.mfcr.cz/cps/rde/xchg/mfcr/xsl/platci_dph.html

Is it different in the United States of America?

Thanks for any advice and apologize for this maybe stupid question for someone who is American.

Regars, John.
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Terry Frazier Responded on 11/23/2010


Technically, in the USA you need a business license if the state you're doing business in has some special regulation or requirements. There are some things you can do that don't require a license but if you plan on doing things on a large scale chances are, you will need one.
 
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