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Your bohemian fashion boutique checklist, item by item
Q: My business, Faby Fashion, will be a bohemian fashion boutique. Which licenses and permits may apply?
A: Welcome, good news: a bohemian fashion boutique is a well-trodden road, and we know its signposts. Each item below MAY apply to you, and we find out which ones do.
1. Business license: A business license for a fashion boutique MAY ask what styles you carry, whether you sell at fairs and markets as well as online, and where the inventory sits.
2. Home occupation permit: A home occupation permit MAY apply if racks of clothing are kept in a spare room, usually with limits on fitting visitors, deliveries and signage.
3. Sales tax permit: A sales tax permit MAY be needed because clothing sales are generally taxable, and a separate booth or fair sale often needs its own record.
4. Temporary vendor permit: Selling from a booth at fairs and farmers markets may need a short-term vendor permit for each event.
5. Event booth confirmation: Organizers may ask for proof you are a registered seller before assigning a table.
6. Landlord clearance statement: A signed note approving inventory at home may be asked for.
7. Company papers: A DBA, an LLC or a tax ID number MAY make sense for Faby Fashion, and we prepare all of these documents on this site, so everything can be ordered in one place.
One service fee covers more than one license. If you order a business license and it turns out you also need another one, for example the home occupation permit, we obtain both for the service fee of the business license. Annual tax and application fees charged by the govt are not part of our service fee: we find the applications and fill them out for you.
Why people love this line of work
Flowy fabrics, fringe and block prints turn a farmers market tent into a color explosion, and shoppers love trying on something nobody else owns.
Opening day, imagined
Linnea pinned tassels to her rack under the Wildflower & Weft banner and realized her sales tax paperwork was the only thing that did not fit the bohemian theme.
What can go wrong
A customer trips on a long hem in your booth, breaks a wrist, and sues, so without an LLC your savings and car could be exposed.
Your numbers
Business code (NAICS): 448120 (Women's Clothing Stores), 458110 under the 2022 update. This page lists 7 paperwork items for a bohemian fashion boutique, and each one is marked as something you MAY need, since we confirm which apply.
Tip: Tag every item with size and cost so you can run end-of-season sales without guessing your margins.
Bohemian fashion is the only industry where being wrinkled counts as a design choice.
Ready when you are: start your order and we will find out what applies to Faby Fashion, fill out the applications and keep the paperwork moving. |