For full functionality of our online services like tab renewal, address change, renew your professional license, etc. Visit www. Search term. Don't see the type of license you're looking for? This account will also be used to file your taxes and make changes to your business. By mail complete the Business License Application, along with any additional forms, and payment to the address on the form.
Mailed applications can take up to six weeks to process. There are additional fees for each additional endorsement. See our city and state endorsements for fees and descriptions. What happens next? After your application is approved, you will receive information from some or all of the following agencies: Department of Revenue You will need to file an excise tax return monthly, quarterly, or annually, even if you have no business to report for a period.
The department will assign you a filing frequency when you apply. You will receive a Unified Business Identifier UBI number that you will need to use when you file your taxes or make changes to your business. You will receive your business license, with any endorsements listed.
We are ready to serve you remotely. Please visit our Contact page for options. COVID business relief is available. If the business structure is a sole proprietorship or general partnership, you may need the following documentation to complete a business license application:. Section 1 of the application, About Your Business, will request basic information about the owners, business name, and whether or not the business will be hiring employees.
Section 2 of the application requests information about the location of your business. Based on your location s , you may also be presented with questions relevant for city endorsements licenses as well. Answer whether you will you be traveling to other cities in Washington other than your primary business location. Home cleaning, landscaping, and construction contractors are common examples of businesses that may travel to offer services or products in additional cities.
If yes , you most likely will need a city license endorsement for each city. You may be able to apply online for a city license with this application. City licenses available with this application display after you select yes.
If a city is not listed, you must contact them directly to determine their licensing requirements. If no , click Next to continue. Skip to Physical location questions. Answer whether you are applying for a nonprofit city license in any of the cities that are traveling to conduct business. For many cities in Washington State, you can apply for a city license as part of state business license application.
If the city license where your business is located is not available through our application, you will need to follow-up with them directly. Your business license application will skip these pages and go directly to the Business Activity section. If you can apply for a city license as part of this application, you will be presented with questions about the physical location of your business.
These questions are specific to the city where your business is physically located. Be prepared to answer questions about the first date of business in the location, estimated annual revenue, and whether this location will have employees. You will also be presented with questions about the characteristics of the property, including automated smoke detection and alarm monitoring services.
Depending on your business activities, there may be additional state specialty endorsements required with your business license. By selecting the description s that best describes your business activities, we can help determine if there are additional state endorsements needed. State endorsement information will appear later in the application. Section 4 of the application will be presented to you if you answered that the business intends to hire employees adults and minors.
If you answered that your business will not hire employees, you will presented with a question whether you will hire contractors. Section 5 of the application is based on the activities you selected and if your business may need additional state endorsements specialty endorsements.
The forms that you can complete with the online business license application will be presented in this section. Learn more about state endorsements and fees. The first section of the application, About Your Business will request basic information about the owners, business name, and whether the business will be hiring employees. File types for attachments. Multi-Factor Authentication.
Home Open a business Get started Apply for a license Plan for taxes. Run Grow Close. Forms by name Forms by subject Publications by name Publications by subject. Our revenues increased 15 percent in the first year. With BLS, we are able to identify our businesses and their employees more easily. In , Lawmakers unanimously approved to have cities add a combined licensing service Chapter Our team is working with Washington cities for a smooth transition for partnering cities. BLS made sure that our needs were met and that the system really works for us.
Every comment and detail we shared about our internal process was taken into account and the system has already alleviated our workload. For questions about how to add a license, see Grow a business or call Map of BLS Cities. BLS News Releases. FY City Partners pdf. Onboarding timeline pdf. Secrecy Clause pdf.
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