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Starting a Business Step 5: Government Requirements
To operate a business in the state of Indiana, one must comply with the following:
  1. Register Your Business Name – Select One Method
    1. Sole Proprietorship and Partnership Registration: Submit a “Doing Business As” (BDA) forms at your County Recorder’s Office.
    2. Limited Liability Company and Corporation Registration: Register with the Indiana Secretary of State

  2. Visit the following link to see if you need an Employer Identification Number.

  3. Visit the following link to see if you need to register your business with the State of Indiana’s Department of Revenue.

  4. File an Assumed Business Name Certificate if you’re doing business under a name other than the one you’ve registered with the government. In other words, if you’ve business name is ABC Corporation, but you want to operate as ABC Plumbing and Electrical. You will need to file an Assumed Business Name Certificate – Select One of the Following:
    1. Sole Proprietorship and Partnership Registration: Submit an “Assumed Business Name” forms at your County Recorder’s Office.
    2. Limited Liability Company and Corporation Registration: Register with the Indiana Secretary of State

  5. Contact local city or county planning and zoning commission to ensure that the location of the business is in compliance with existing local zoning regulations.

  6. Ten Steps to Hiring Your First Employee
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“My relationship with the ISBDC has been a long-term and personally rewarding one.  They provided me with moral support, information and advice.  The programs and tools they offer were a tremendous help in launching our winery.  The ISBDC is one of the organizations that stayed with us through the whole process.  I could always pick up the phone and call to get an answer or suggestion.”
 
Rick Black