Wedding Planner 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. Trade Name (DBA) Registration - Bangor City Clerk

   Under 31 MRSA section 2, a Maine sole proprietor or partnership doing business under any name other than the owners' own must file a sworn certificate with the clerk of the city or town where the business is carried on - for a Bangor wedding planner, the Bangor City Clerk. There is no 'Penobscot County Clerk' handling trade names; Maine counties have no clerk's office and no business-name registry. Corporations and LLCs instead file an assumed name with the Maine Secretary of State. Banks generally require the filing before opening a business account under the trade name.

   Official government source

   $10 sole proprietor / partnership filing (City of Bangor Schedule of Fees, City Clerk miscellaneous fees)·Filed over the counter at the City Clerk's office (207-992-4220); file before advertising or banking under the trade name

   $10 sole proprietor / partnership filing (City of Bangor Schedule of Fees, City Clerk miscellaneous fees)

   Filed over the counter at the City Clerk's office (207-992-4220); file before advertising or banking under the trade name

Official Sources

• City of Bangor City Clerk
• Maine Revenue Services — Sales Tax Registration

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