Required

Sole Proprietor

Partnership

Corporation

LLC

Federal Employer ID No. (EIN)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

State Employer ID No.

Yes (if you have employees)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tax Account Registration

(Retail Sales and Certain Services)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

                         FEDERAL

Employer Identification Number (EIN)Also registers your company for Employee’s Income and Social Security/Medicare Withholding and Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)if you have employees at the time of registration.

IRS Form SS-4

                        STATE

Registering corporations, LLCs, Partnerships with the State

Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division. Phone: (225) 925-4704.

Sales Tax Account Registrations and Employee Withholding Taxes

To register online for a Louisiana Account Number click here.  Once you have registered with the state, if you would like to pay sales taxes online, the Louisiana Department of Revenue can withdraw any payments owed directly from you business’s checking account.  To register for this service, click here.  You also may pay your state taxes through  https://secure.salestaxonline.com//Default.aspx

Worker’s Compensation Employer Account Number

Louisiana Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration, (225) 342-7555. For more information, click here

Unemployment Insurance

Employer Account Number

Louisiana Department of Labor, Employer Status Unit, (866) 783-5567.   Click here for application

Business Licenses

A variety of businesses, ranging from architects to wholesale drug distributors, are required to obtain a state license from the appropriate state governing board or commission. To determine if your business needs a special license, call the Ark-La-Tex Regional Export & Technology Center, Inc., (318) 671-1050, or download a copy of the state’s Licensing Guide.

                        LOCAL

Occupational License

If required, obtain from city/town, www.lma.org/munisearch.htm, or Parish www.lpgov.org/directory, in which your business is located.

Certificate of Occupancy

If required, obtain from city/town, www.lma.org/munisearch.htm, or Parish www.lpgov.org/directory, in which your business is located.

Local Sales/Use Tax Account No.

Go to www.laota.com/pta.htm, then click on your parish for contact information. Some parishes allow you to file for your sales tax number online at: www.laota.com/registration/tax_application.htm

If your business is located in Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, Claiborne, Natchitoches, or Webster Parish, you also may pay your state taxes through  https://secure.salestaxonline.com//Default.aspx

Fictitious/Assumed Name

Applies to Sole Proprietors and Partnerships.  If you do not use your legal name in your business’s name, you must register your fictitious/assumed name with your Clerk of Court