Pet Sitting Business Permit Requirements in Concord, NH

1. EIN (Employer Identification Number)

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

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   Free·Immediate (online application)

   Free

   Immediate (online application)

1. New Hampshire — No Sales Tax

   New Hampshire has no state sales tax and no local sales taxes, so businesses need no sales tax permit or resale registration for sales tax purposes. Businesses may instead owe the Business Enterprise Tax and the Business Profits Tax, both administered by the NH Department of Revenue Administration; BET paid can be credited against BPT. Restaurants, caterers and lodging operators separately collect the Meals and Rooms (Rentals) Tax and must hold a DRA license for it. Filing and payment are handled through DRA's Granite Tax Connect portal.

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   No fee to register for business taxes with DRA. For taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a BET return is due from any enterprise with more than $298,000 in gross receipts or an enterprise value tax base above $298,000; the BET rate is 0.55%·Immediate — registration and filing are done online through Granite Tax Connect

   No fee to register for business taxes with DRA. For taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a BET return is due from any enterprise with more than $298,000 in gross receipts or an enterprise value tax base above $298,000; the BET rate is 0.55%

   Immediate — registration and filing are done online through Granite Tax Connect

1. City of Concord — No General Business License

   Concord does not require a general business license, and the City Clerk does not run a business-licensing program (the Clerk handles dog licensing, vital records and elections). Licensing that does exist is administered by the Code Administration Division's Health and Licensing Services and is limited to specific activities — food service establishments, tattoo parlors and artists, peddlers and vendors, pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers, entertainment and places of amusement, taxicabs, junk dealers, charitable solicitation and special events. Check the City's Permits and Licenses page for what applies to your trade.

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   No general business license fee. Activity-specific licenses carry their own fees, most with a $30 non-refundable application fee (for example a food service license is $74 to $534 per year by class, and a tattoo establishment is $158 per year)·Not applicable — there is no general business license to apply for

   No general business license fee. Activity-specific licenses carry their own fees, most with a $30 non-refundable application fee (for example a food service license is $74 to $534 per year by class, and a tattoo establishment is $158 per year)

   Not applicable — there is no general business license to apply for

2. City of Concord City Clerk — Group (Kennel) License under RSA 466:6

   There is no Merrimack County animal services agency — New Hampshire counties have no animal-control or licensing function. If you keep five or more dogs at a home or facility in Concord, RSA 466:6 requires an annual group license from the Concord City Clerk, effective May 1 through April 30, with current rabies information on file. A separate commercial kennel license under RSA 466:4, III applies only if you actually operate a commercial kennel as defined there, and selling or transferring animals as a pet vendor is licensed by the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food under RSA 437.

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   $20 per year for the RSA 466:6 group license. Individual dog licenses, if you keep fewer than five, are $7.50 altered, $10.00 male or female, and $2.00 for a senior owner's first dog, with a $1.00 per month late fee·Issued by the City Clerk on application; no processing time is published

   $20 per year for the RSA 466:6 group license. Individual dog licenses, if you keep fewer than five, are $7.50 altered, $10.00 male or female, and $2.00 for a senior owner's first dog, with a $1.00 per month late fee

   Issued by the City Clerk on application; no processing time is published

Official Sources

• City of Concord City Clerk
• Merrimack County Animal Services

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