Hi Pam In Chicago, there are 3 steps to legally doing business .
1st. Registering your name (DBA~Doing Business As or AKA) its for you to assume you legal business name. 2nd. Apply for a chicago business license 3rd. Register your business with the state. Registering you business name proves you are legitimate, you are a legal business entity, and it protects your name in your state. Shawn pamsna...@aol.com wrote: > >Hi Techs, > I went to open a business checking acct at a different bank yesterday and > was told that I could NOT open a business checking acct because I wasn't > "registered" with the state of Ohio! I had brought my vendors lic. , but the > lady said that that only proves I pay taxes and that I had never "registered" > my business name in Ohio ! WTH is this!? I asked her why I would register > my name after 20 years of doing nails under this name. She gave me an > example of a bank client who didn't register his name, ex. Ohio Carpet > Cleaning, and when a competitor opened a business under the same name and > REGISTERED it with Ohio, the original business owner had to CHANGE his > business name, repaint his signs, his trucks, re-do his business cards, etc. > Of course, there is a $50 fee to "register" your business name with Ohio! > This is all news to me, what do ya'll think? When I register, is it going to > bring an avalanche of paperwork down on me? What changes besides the fact > that no one else can use your name? >Pam >Nail Designs >Ohio > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"NailTech" group. >To post to this group, send email to nailtech@googlegroups.com. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to nailtech@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
