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Handyman
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Various old jobs / nothing is to small / Construction background
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| 33947 Get Florida License Cervantes Cervantes Handyman Services 3808 Handyman 1 Rotonda West FL |
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Answer: If you are starting a handyman business consider the legal requirements. Making your business legal is the right way to do it. When have all the licenses and tax registrations required, you will have the time and peace of mind required to provide an exceptional handyman service, which is required to obtain clients by word of mouth.
To avoid doing the legal research, simply search on this site or finish reading this short article to find out what is required to be a legal handyman business. First, you will need at least a handyman business license. Some states may require you to have a contractor’s or subcontractor’s state license to provide handyman services but that is the minority of the states.
In the state of Utah, as well as in other states, a contractor’s license is not required for a handyman business that performs tasks not more than $1,000.00. If you want bigger jobs, you may have to take a contractor’s license test that requires a proficiency exam to determine the construction-related skills applied in your handyman projects. If you do any type of plumbing and or electrical work, you may need to have a certificate from a school in order to be qualified.
Some states like California require you to take a proficiency test after packing 4 or 5 years of experience in construction at the level of journeyman or foreman. To apply for a contractor’s license, you will need an ID, and perhaps, depending on the state or county you will operate fingerprints.
However, the most important thing in starting a handyman business for doing small jobs is getting a business license and perhaps a seller’s permit. A seller’s permit certificate will allow you to buy your construction materials wholesale. So for example, you buy 10 bags of concrete from Home depot.
The price will be about $100 plus taxes and you will have to pay about $108. However, after becoming a handyman contractor and you sign up as such, you will be able to buy wholesale and save about $20 which is about 20% of your purchase.
Finally, if you will use a trading name to go by… for example, “Rob’ em & Cheat’ em Handyman Services,” you will need to register a fictitious business name certificate. You can obtain all of the above here online on this site.
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You can choose to be a(n) Handyman :
- Sole Proprietor,
- LLC,
- Corporation or
- Partnership.
After you decide and select your business entity, you need licensing.
Rotonda West Business Tax Registration (
Business License)
All businesses including home, online or mobile BUSINESS need a BUSINESS license because they are BUSINESSES.
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A(n) Handyman business using a fictitious business name in
Charlotte County
i.e. you are a business with a trade name other than the owner's legal (full name) name are required to get a(n)
fictitious business name.
For instance you open a(n)
Handyman
business and you name it "Superior
Handyman
Group". You will need to file a fictitious business name for that name.
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In addition note that in
FL
you may also need a seller's permit if you sell merchandise that is taxable.
(A.K.A state id, wholesale, resale,
reseller certificate, about $39 for most states).
Seller's Permit
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.
In addition you will need a federal and a state EIN if you will hire employees.
I.e., a FL Federal Tax Id Number ($29) and a(n) FL State Employer Tax Number
Instead of filing a fictitious business name DBA Filing (about $49 plus state and legal newspaper publication fees) in
Rotonda West, Incorporate in FL or form a(n) FL LLC .
You have a choice to file a DBA or form an LLC or incorporate.
There is a cicrcumstance that you may not need to register a trade name and that is when you use your full name as a business name if you use your full legal name as a trade name.
Also note that even using your first and last name may not help you avoid filing a DBA if the name has a suffix such as "& sons" etc.
If you do form an Services llc or incorporate (about $49 plus state fees for most states) your Handyman 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 Rotonda West business name.
Instead of just registering your Charlotte County assumed business name (our fee includes assumed business name registration and legal newspaper publication) you can choose to setup a corporation in
FL or form an FL LLC (starts @ $49 plus state fee for most states & includes required documents such as bylaws for the corporation and Limited Liability operating agreement for the LLC). .
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