Permits and Editing Service license information

Starting a(n) Editing Service Business Licenses & Tax IDs

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Q: I am opening an editing service. Which licenses, permits and registrations may apply to me?

A: Hello, let us walk through what your editing service may need, piece by piece, so nothing surprises you on opening day.

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What an editing service MAY need before opening day

Q: I am opening an editing service. Which licenses, permits and registrations may apply to me?

A: This is the list that goes with an editing service. It is the paperwork a business like yours commonly meets, and we sort out which pieces are yours.

1. Business license: A business license for an editing service MAY ask what you edit, such as books, articles or video, whether clients meet you in person, and how files are exchanged.
2. Home occupation permit: A home occupation permit MAY apply for editing from a spare room, usually with limits on client visits, couriered manuscripts, signage and any extra staff working at the house.
3. Confidentiality agreement: A sample promise to keep client manuscripts private may be requested.
4. Service contract template: A sample agreement describing rounds of edits, deadlines and payment may be asked for.
5. Company papers: Name registration, LLC formation and a tax ID number are the three companions most owners add; we prepare each of them on this site.

Our service fee stays put. A business license order that also needs a home occupation permit or another permit still carries one service fee for us. What we do not cover are the upfront annual tax or application fees the govt charges; we find those applications and fill them out.

Why it is worth the paperwork

Editing is quiet satisfaction, with the soft click of keys, a red pen's gentle swish and the joy of a writer who finally sees their sentence shine.

Picture it

Cuthbert corrected a typo on his own business card for Comma & Candle Edits and ordered the reprint with a sigh.

A cautionary example

A rushed edit introduces an embarrassing error into a printed book and the author demands compensation, and an LLC protects your savings.

The numbers behind it

Business code (NAICS): 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services). This page lists 5 paperwork items for an editing service, and each one is marked as something you MAY need, since we confirm which apply.

Tip: Agree in writing on the type of edit, the page count and the number of revision rounds.

Editors have one rule: never trust a manuscript that says it was 'already proofread'.

Ready when you are: start your order and we will find out what applies to your editing service, fill out the applications and keep the paperwork moving.

✔ Biz Structure

You can choose to be a(n) Editing service :

Sole Proprietor,
LLC,
Corporation or
Partnership.
After you decide and select your business entity, you need licensing.

✔ Biz License

Salt Lake City Business Tax Registration ( Business License)
All businesses including home, online or mobile BUSINESS need a BUSINESS license because they are BUSINESSES.

✔ DBA Biz Name

A(n) Editing service business using a DBA Doing Business As Trade Name in Salt Lake County , i.e., starting businesses using a company name other than the legal (given name) owner's name, need a(n) DBA Doing Business As Trade Name Registration. For example, you start a(n) Editing service business and you call it "Ultra Editing service Co". You will need to file a trade firm name for it.

✔ Seller Permit

Also, keep in mind that in UT though, a business license and a DBA is necessary for most businesses but if your business sells any taxable items, you will need a sales tax ID number. (A.K.A state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate, about $39 for most states).
Seller's Permit

✔ Federal EIN

Note: All businesses need a federal tax ID number except sole proprietors that are not employers and are not independent contractors.
An independent contractor is a self employed business person that receives more than $600 per year from anyone of his or her clients.
IRS rule: The client must issue a 1099 form to the independent contractor and the independent contractor must have a federal tax ID. However, even sole owners may obtain a federal ID and use it as a business tax ID instead of using their own social security number as a business tax ID number.
However, all other licenses that apply to sole proprietors as discussed here are requited regardless of getting a federal tax ID number.

✔ State EIN

If you are thinking of hiring help, you will need a state employer ID and an IRS number employer ID. I.e., a UT Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) UT State Employer Tax Number

✔ L L C

Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing (about $49 plus state and legal newspaper publication fees) in Salt Lake City, Incorporate in UT or form a(n) UT LLC .

If you will set up a corporation or form an LLC, you will not have to file a DBA (Doing Business As) unless your corproration or LLC name will be different that the busienss name you will trade under. Businesses that use the full legal name of the owner as a business name do not need to register an assumed business name. So, for example, your name is "John X Doe" and you use that as a business name.

✔ Incorporation

If you do form an Other llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Editing service business instead of just filing a fictitious business name (dba), it will help you avoid legal and financial personal liability arising out of business transactions and you will not have to register the Salt Lake City business name. Instead of filing a Salt Lake County fictitious business name (our service fee includes dba business name filing and legal paper publication) you can elect to incorporate in UT or form an UT LLC (starts @ $49 plus state fee for most states & includes bylaws and LLC operating agreement)..


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Business License Information

What an editing service MAY need before opening day

Why it is worth the paperwork

Picture it

A cautionary example

The numbers behind it