I'm opening a martial arts academy, and martial arts retail store in Juneau Alaska 99801

An Alaska Sellers Permit is a registration with the state that serves a dual purpose. Firstly, it enters your business into the Alaska business registry of business that are allowed to purchase wholesale, giving you legal protection. Second, it provides you with the registry number needed to actually purchase wholesale.

Your Business License and Dance Hall Permit will both serve the same purpose in this instance, not only registering you for local taxes, but establishing you with the local government and certifying the legality of your business at your desired location and in your declared intended style.

 I will be teaching martial arts classes with monthly student memberships, and selling martial arts training equipment. I need to know what business licenses or seller's permits I would need to start my business, and what to provide to wholesalers that I wish to open accounts with, and how to do so. Also it would be nice to know what I would need if I do end up hiring other instructors at the academy, as well as any janitorial or service staff. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you. - Jonathan Morford

While your Sellers Permit will be traditional, a martial arts academy will require special work and filing to properly register.

To purchase from wholesalers, you will need a blanket registration with the state of Alaska's Department of Revenue, as well as a full stock of wholesale certificates to file with potential wholesalers to open your account. These certificates are especially important for interstate purchases.

Before you can open any kind of training academy or the kind, martial arts or not, you will need not only a Business License from the city or county, but what is generally known as a Dance Hall permit from the local zoning board.

03 - Since you are selling martial arts equipment, here are the licenses and tax ids you are legally required to obtain before starting your training academy:

1. A business tax registration license

2. A DBA assumed business name

3. A federal tax id number also is required in most state for those that they get a seller's permit, and if you are a partnership or you want to use it instead of you social security number to open a bank account.

4. A seller's permit.

All of these licenses can be obtained at www.businessnameusa.com

Simply fill out our online questionaire, complete our business information form in complete, leaving blank only those areas to which you do not posess the answer, and complete the paymeny information form and we will begin processing your order imediately.

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Without a Sellers Permit, you will be unable to purchase from wholesalers. This is a crippling weakness for a new business because when just starting out, the ability to purchase from wholesalers at their reduced prices and in bulk will be essential to keeping you afloat financially.

While a Business License will serve to keep you current in your taxes, the more important permit will come from zoning, as a martial arts academy without the appropriate dance hall permits or youth education license will not only be fined by the local government, but swiftly shut down.

The total cost of the listed permits comes to $379.96, perhaps the lowest cost for these services available today.