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/aps
cacheWEB.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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