DBA in New York

[bigmike0215]

I worked underground last year and was successful as a teacher, just had a couple of small walkbehinds and did residential lawns. I did it as a DBA this year, filed for my EIN. Do you need to fill out forms for the sales tax in New York or is that if you just apply sales tax to whatever your doing? I also was reading that if your truck, trailer, and everything on it did not total of 10,000 lbs you don't need to register it with DOT? Can anyone clear this up. Thanks.

[ajo771]

DBA = doing business as. Generally, you would use your social security number as your EIN. You would only get a EIN when you incorporate and create a new taxable identity.

[From Dust 'til Lawn]

Go to the IRS website and get your EID online..Easy as pie..I think the form # ss-4..or something like that...For the state you are looking for a sales tax ID number..which NYS tax and finance website..Can't remember that form number...Pretty easy to do...

[bigmike0215]

Thanks. I was just wondering though, having a DBA in New York, do I need to do the Sales Tax in New York or don't I need it?

[grandview (2006)]

Thanks. I was just wondering though, having a DBA in New York, do I need to do the Sales Tax in New York or don't I need it?

Yes. you should know NY will tax everything. Depending on how much business you do you will need to file quarterly or yearly.Next tax deadline is June 20th and don't be late it 50 bucks for filing late.

[Whitey4]

The IRS is nothing compared to the state boys. You need a certificate of authorization to collect sales tax from the state. Then you file and pay sales taxes on all of your billings excepting for exempt accounts, such as churches quarterly. It is always strongly suggested that you pay SOMEthing in sales taxes. Read between the lines. If you don't pay sales tax, they will eventually find you, and you really do not want to get audited by the state. That can ruin your day, week, month, year and/or your life.

Go to NYS.gov. They will send you a pile of chit on how to start a business in NY. That package will include info on the sales tax stuff, along with loads of other info.

[newtostone]

check my past posts, I just had this info up. Ill try to find it for you and post the link here.


Edit. This Should help

Any questions feel free to ask.

http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=263107

[From Dust 'til Lawn]

In the off season, when I don't have any activity, I usually claim 0(zero)...When I start getting it, I report it...and it's true...don't be late....It starts out quarterly, but will change to yearly if the activity is low.....

[JustaGlimpseLandscapeMntc]

Glad to see another guy from the 518 on here, right across the river from you. Like everyone's said, you'll need to file a form to collect sales tax. I remember when I was setting it up, that it was a project trying to find the right NAICS code when it asks for it. Just go through the options and eventually you will find one that is called Landscape Services, the code is 561730 (they're in numerical order to some extent, you'll see what I mean). You will want to start off by filing your sales tax quarterly and if you have under $3k in sales tax for the year, the state will notify you and you can begin filing annually.

In regards to the DOT regulations, if your GCWR (gross combined weight rating) is over 10,000 pounds, you should consider filing for a USDOT #, you can find a link to the form on the NYS DOT site and you can fill it out online for free. You can find the GCWR for your vehicle by simply doing a search on Google or Yahoo. Just as a reference, a late model F-350 runs on the order of 20,000 GCWR.

Best of luck this year!

[All Seasons Landscaping]

Might as well file for your DOT. I don't know of any down side to it, it's fast, free, and easy online, and that way you're covered if you need it. Just my thoughts.

Also, good to know that the state will drop you to annually if you don't have much in the way of sales.