Permits and Lawn Service license information

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

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Q: What licenses and permits might I need to start a lawn and landscape maintenance service?

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The paperwork map for a lawn and landscape maintenance service

Q: Before I open a lawn and landscape maintenance service, what paperwork may I need?

A: This is the list that goes with a lawn and landscape maintenance service. It is the paperwork a business like yours commonly meets, and we sort out which pieces are yours. It also lists the personal license or trade license of the person doing the work, because a business license alone does not cover that.

1. Business license: A business license for a lawn and landscape maintenance service MAY ask about the yards you serve, crew size, equipment on trailers and whether mulch or plants are supplied.
2. Home occupation permit: A home occupation permit MAY apply if a trailer and equipment are kept at the house, usually limiting early starts, stored fuel, vehicles on the street and workers gathering there.
3. Professional or trade license: Turf and ornamental technician card: Crew leaders may carry a personal turf and ornamental credential earned by exam, covering safe handling of lawn treatments and equipment operation.
4. Landscape contractor license: Larger planting, paving or irrigation work may require a contractor license once a job passes a set value.
5. Applicator certification: Using weed or pest products may require a certificate showing training in safe application.
6. Equipment insurance proof: Coverage for crew injuries and damage to customers' property is commonly asked for.
7. Fuel storage statement: A short note on how gas for mowers is stored safely may be requested.
8. Company papers: A DBA, an LLC or a tax ID number MAY make sense for your lawn and landscape maintenance service, and we prepare all of these documents on this site, so everything can be ordered in one place.

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.

The upside, with all five senses

Weekly service builds a stable route, and seasonal add-ons like mulch and leaf cleanup bring more income.

A small scene

Sabrina measures a customer's hedge for Fernwood Lawn & Garden and writes the price on the back of her first brochure.

What can go wrong

A hedge trimmed into a neighbor's property could create a dispute that follows you personally.

Codes and counts

Business code (NAICS): 561730 (Landscaping Services). This page lists 8 paperwork items for a lawn and landscape maintenance service, and each one is marked as something you MAY need, since we confirm which apply.

Tip: Walk each yard with the customer before the first cut and note anything they want left alone.

The grass is always greener on the other side of an invoice.

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

✔ Biz Structure

You can choose to be a(n) Lawn Service :

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

✔ Biz License

Jacksonville 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) Lawn Service business doing business under an assumed business name in Duval County/City Of Jacksonville i.e. you are a business that uses a DBA doing business as trade name to trade that is other than the full legal (first and last -- full name) name of a sole proprietor or a name other than the LLC or Corporation business name need a(n) assumed business name certificate. E.g. you venture into a(n) Lawn Service business and you give it a trade name such as "Excellence Lawn Service & Associates". You will need to register an assumed business name certificate.

✔ Seller Permit

In FL you need a resale ID ( AKA seller's permit) if you selling touchable items. (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

Also keep in mind that employers will need to obtain a federal EIN and a State EIN tax identificattion number. I.e., a FL Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) FL 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 Jacksonville, Incorporate in FL or form a(n) FL LLC .

Filing a DBA is not required if you will set up an LLC or form a Corporation. If you will do business under your first and last legal name you will not need to get a fictitious business name.
Using any language that connotes additional owners in the name of the business makes filing a fictitious business name mandatory.

✔ Incorporation

If you do form an Other llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Lawn Service business instead of just filing a fictitious business name (dba), that insurs that you don't have personal liability for debts and civile liabililty arising from your business dealings and you will not have to record the Jacksonville business name. In lieu of recording a Duval County/City Of Jacksonville trade company name (our filing service fee includes trade name registration and newspaper legal publication for 4 weeks) you can also form a corporation in FL or form an FL LLC (starts @ $49 plus state fee for most states & includes bylaws for the corporation and Limited Liability operating agreement for the LLC that is required to open a business bank account). .


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Business License Information

The paperwork map for a lawn and landscape maintenance service

The upside, with all five senses

A small scene

What can go wrong

Codes and counts