Make It Official
Make It Official:Business Registrations, Licenses, Permits, Tax ID Numbers, Articles of Incorporation, Patents and Trademarks
Make It Official: Business Registrations, Licenses, Permits, Tax ID Numbers, Articles of Incorporation, Patents and Trademarks
Level | Governing Agency | Purpose | Document Name, ID Number, or Mark |
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Local (City and/or County) | Register of Deeds, Tax Office, Zoning Office, City Hall, and County Seat | Registration of your business name (sole proprietor), assessment of your business property for tax purposes, authorization, new construction/compliance for business in home, and tracking and regulation of select business types | Certificate of Assumed Name, Business Property Tax Listing/Acct number, Zoning Permit, Privilege License |
State | NC Secretary of State, NC Dept. Revenue, NC Dept. Revenue, NC Secretary of State | Formation of a corporation (C or S Corp, LLC, LLP), ID number for your state income tax and employee payroll withholdings and ID number for your sales and usage tax remittances, tracking and regulation of select business types, protection for a unique company or product name and/or logo | ID number for your federal income tax and employee payroll withholdings, protection for a unique company or product name and/or logo |
Federal | IRS (Internal Revenue Service) and US Patent and Trademark Office | ID number for you federal income tax and employee payroll withholdings, protection for a unique company or product name and/or logo | EIN (Employer Identification Number) and Trademark Application |
Forms Online
- Certificate of Assumed Name Application (choose appropriate entity, complete/submit to local Register of Deeds)
Assumed Name Registration Forms - Catawba County Business Property Tax Listing Form (complete and submit to local Tax Office)
- Alexander County Business Property Listing Form (complete and submit to local Tax Office)
- NC Articles of Incorporation: C Corp, S Corp, LLC, LLP (complete and submit online)
NC Secretary of State - Corporation Division - NC Business Registration Application: ID numbers Income Tax Withholdings, Sales/Use & Fuel Taxes (complete and submit online)
NC Dept. of Revenue - Online Business Registration - NC Privilege License App, Professionals, Loan Agencies, Check Cashers, Pawnbrokers (complete and submit online)
NC Dept. of Revenue - Application for State Privilege License (PDF) - NC Trademark Application (complete and submit online)
NC Dept. of Secretary - Trade Mark and Service Mark Forms (PDF) - Federal EIN Application (complete and submit online)
IRS - Employer ID Numbers - US Trademark Application (complete and submit online)
US Patent and Trademark Office - Initial Application Forms
City, County, State, and Federal Resources Contact List
- City Planning
- Hickory - (828)261-2230
- Taylorsville - (828) 632-2218
- Newton - (828) 695-4305
- Register of Deeds
- Catawba County - (828) 465-1573
- Alexander County - (828) 632-3152
- Tax Office
- Catawba County - (828) 465-8414
- Alexander County - (828) 632-4346
- Zoning Dept.
- Catawba County - (828) 465-8380
- Alexander County - (828) 632-1000
- NC Commerce - (800) 228-8443
- NC Secretary State - (919) 807-2225
- NC Dept. of Revenue
- Hickory - (828) 327-7474
- Raleigh - (919) 733-3991
- NC Dept. of Labor - (919) 856-4770
- NC Division of Employment Security - (828) 466-5535
- Patent & Trademark Office
- State - (919) 807-2162
- Federal - (800) 786-9199
- Economic Development
- Catawba County - (828) 267-1564
- Alexander County - (828) 632-1161
- Chambers of Commerce
- Catawba County - (828) 328-6000
- Alexander County - (828) 632-8141
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