Starting a business in Indiana
June 9, 2009
The Indiana Department of Revenue understands that running and succeeding in a new or small business is both a dream for many people, and a challenge for all. And understanding taxes is often one of the biggest challenges.
In addition to registering (if it is required) with the Secretary of State, many business will also have to register with the Indiana Department of Revenue. A business is required to register with the Indiana Department of Revenue if the business will:
- Be selling products or tangible items (sales tax)
- Have employees (withholding tax)
- Sell food and beverages (sales tax and food-and-beverage tax)
- Rent accommodations for less than 30 days (innkeeper's tax)
- Rent motor vehicles (motor vehicle rental tax)
- Distribute gasoline or special fuel (prepaid fuel tax)
- Sell tires (tire fee)
- Sell fireworks (safety fee)
To register with the Indiana Department of Revenue, the business must submit a Business Tax Application (Form BT-1) found at any Department of Revenue office or https://forms.in.gov/Download.aspx?id=2467 The business can even register online at https://secure.in.gov/apps/dor/bt1/ and begin business operations today.
And remember, the Indiana Department of Revenue recently launched its New and Small Business Education Center to answer a variety of business-tax questions. With this online tool, businesses can access tax information and resources, and can update account information, register to collect new tax types, find forms and other valuable resources, and file and pay taxes online through INtax – 24/7.
To visit the New and Small Business Education Center, go to www.smallbiz.in.gov/
For more information about business taxes, or to speak with a bilingual representative at the Indiana Department of Revenue, please call (317) 232-2240 (press 2 for Spanish) from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Or you can submit questions via e-mail to jevans@dor.in.gov Or visit our new Web site at www.impuestos.in.gov/
If you have any suggestions for this blog, please e-mail those suggestions to Señora Hinojosa at feedback@dor.in.gov
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- Know when I will receive my tax refund.
- File my taxes as an Indiana resident while I am in the military, but my spouse is not an Indiana resident.
- Take the renter's deduction.
- Pay my tax bill in installments.
- Claim a gambling loss on my Indiana return.
- Have more time to file my taxes and I think I will owe the Department.
