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Where
to Find Information
First Steps in
Starting a Business
The first step in starting any business in Iowa
is to contact the Business License Information Center. The center
is your link between business and regulatory agencies in state government.
Next contact your City Clerk or Country Auditor for information
on local requirements (local ordinance or zoning information), and
third
arrange for legal counsel and accounting services.
Information the Business License Information
Center
Provides
The Business License Information Center contains a computerized list
of hundreds of different kinds of business licenses, permits and
regulations. When you call the center for assistance, an information
kit is designed to meet you specific needs, such as required
licenses, a summary of each license, special requirements for
obtaining the license, fees and processing times as well as agency
names and phone numbers.
Want information to help your existing business? The Business
License Information Center can offer quick and accurate answers in:
- Licenses and Permits
- Taxes
- Regulations
- Unemployment Insurance
- Workers' Compensation
- Local Requirements
- Marketing and Management Assistance
- Financial Alternatives
- Trade Name Regulations
- Special Programs for Targeted Small Businesses
The assistance you get from the Business License Information Center
is free. Call toll free, Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30 pm:
(800) 532-1216. In Des Moines or outside Iowa. (515) 281-8310 or
(515) 281-8324.
Tax Information
Iowa Department of Revenue & Finance, (515) 281-3114
Sales & Use Tax Permits
State Income Tax Information
Certificates of Exemptions for Manufactures
& Wholesalers
Form of Ownership
Secretary of State -- Incorporation, Corporations, Limited Partnerships,
State Trademarks - (515) 281-5204
County Recorder -- Sole Proprietership and Simple Partnership
Employees
Internal Revenue Service, (800) 424-1040
Employer's Identification Number
Federal Income Tax & Social Security
Information
Department of Employment Services, (515) 281-5387
Division of Labor -- OSHA Consolation &
Information on Labor Laws,
(515) 281-3445
Division of Job Service -- Unemployment
Insurance, (515) 281-8200
(Unemployment
insurance liability starts at the point where
there is one or more persons on a payroll in each of twenty
weeks in a calender year or if they have a $1,500.00 payroll
in a quarted of a calendar year.)
Worker's Compensation Commissioner -- Worker's Compensation
Regulatory
Information
(515) 281-5934
(Worker's
compensation insurance is secured through your
own insurance agent.)
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