Pet Sitting Business Permit Requirements in Bangor, ME

1. EIN (Employer Identification Number)

   Required if you have employees or operate as an LLC or corporation. Free from the IRS.

   Official government source

   Free·Immediate (online application)

   Free

   Immediate (online application)

1. Maine Revenue Services — Sales Tax Registration

   Required for all businesses selling tangible personal property or taxable services in Maine. Maine charges a 5.5% state sales tax (food and lodging have different rates). Register with Maine Revenue Services online.

   Official government source

   Free·Immediate (online)

   Free

   Immediate (online)

1. Bangor Business Licenses (only for specific regulated activities)

   Bangor has no general business license and no fee based on gross revenues. The City Clerk licenses only the activities enumerated in the City Code and fee schedule - for example victualers (eating places), lunch wagons, liquor, taverns, amusement devices, bowling, theaters, carnivals and circuses, innkeepers, pawnbrokers, secondhand and precious-metals dealers, taxis, mobile home parks, flammable liquid and explosives dealers, and marijuana establishments. If your activity is not on that list you need no city business license, only zoning and code compliance.

   Official government source

   Fees are set per license type in the City of Bangor Schedule of Fees - for example victualer $248 (no tables or under 2,000 sq ft) or $684 (over 2,000 sq ft), amusement device $60, taxi cab $118, pawnbroker $154, tavern $297. Fees rise each July 1 with the CPI-U.·Apply to the City Clerk before opening; licenses tied to inspections are issued after those are complete

   Fees are set per license type in the City of Bangor Schedule of Fees - for example victualer $248 (no tables or under 2,000 sq ft) or $684 (over 2,000 sq ft), amusement device $60, taxi cab $118, pawnbroker $154, tavern $297. Fees rise each July 1 with the CPI-U.

   Apply to the City Clerk before opening; licenses tied to inspections are issued after those are complete

2. Maine Boarding Kennel License (DACF Animal Welfare Program)

   Pet sitting that involves keeping animals overnight at your own premises makes you a boarding kennel, which is licensed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Animal Welfare Program - not by any county. 'Penobscot County Animal Services' does not exist; Maine counties have no animal services function, and Bangor's City Clerk business licenses do not cover kennels. Applicants name a veterinarian of reference, state hours of operation for inspection, and pass a criminal background check. Pet sitting done only in the client's home does not require this license.

   Official government source

   $125 boarding kennel license fee plus a $25 criminal background check per owner·The facility is inspected before the license issues; apply to the Animal Welfare Program in Augusta before boarding animals

   $125 boarding kennel license fee plus a $25 criminal background check per owner

   The facility is inspected before the license issues; apply to the Animal Welfare Program in Augusta before boarding animals

Official Sources

• City of Bangor City Clerk
• Penobscot County Animal Services

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