Cleaning Service Permit Requirements in Aberdeen, SD

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. South Dakota Department of Revenue - Sales Tax License

   Any business with a physical presence in South Dakota must be licensed for sales tax collection, and South Dakota taxes services as well as tangible personal property and products transferred electronically. The state sales and use tax rate is 4.2 percent (reduced from 4.5 percent), and municipal sales and use tax of generally 1 to 2 percent applies where the purchaser receives the product or service. Remote sellers and marketplace providers with more than $100,000 in gross sales into South Dakota in the previous or current calendar year must also license and remit. Register using the Department of Revenue's online Tax License Application.

   Official government source

   Free - there is no fee for a South Dakota sales tax license·Apply online through the Tax License Application; the license is typically issued within a few business days

   Free - there is no fee for a South Dakota sales tax license

   Apply online through the Tax License Application; the license is typically issued within a few business days

2. South Dakota Workers' Compensation Insurance (optional, not required)

   South Dakota is one of the few states with no law requiring any employer to carry workers' compensation insurance. The SD Department of Labor and Regulation states plainly: 'There is no law in South Dakota requiring any employer to carry workers' compensation insurance. However, it is highly recommended. An uninsured employer may be sued in civil court by an injured worker.' Employers who do carry coverage gain the statutory exclusive-remedy protection; those who do not are exposed to unlimited civil damages. Employers that carry coverage must also meet the state's workplace posting requirements.

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   No mandatory cost. If coverage is elected, premiums are set by the insurer based on payroll and class code.·Coverage can usually be bound by an insurer within days; there is no state application or approval step

   No mandatory cost. If coverage is elected, premiums are set by the insurer based on payroll and class code.

   Coverage can usually be bound by an insurer within days; there is no state application or approval step

1. No Aberdeen General Business License Required

   Aberdeen does not issue a general business license. The City Finance Office (Auditor Division, 605-626-7023) issues licenses only for a specific enumerated list of activities: ambulance driver, ambulance service, garbage hauler, community event, day care, junk dealer, lottery notice, mobile home park, pawn broker, street use, shooting gallery, special event alcohol, taxi/motorbus company, taxi/motorbus driver, transient merchant/solicitor, and alcohol. Trades such as plumbing, HVAC, and pest control are not on that list and need no city business license. Their state-level licensing applies instead: plumbing through the SD Plumbing Commission, pesticide application through SD DANR, and there is no statewide HVAC or mechanical contractor license. A South Dakota sales tax license from the Department of Revenue is still required.

   Official government source

   $0 - no general business license exists·N/A - no application

   $0 - no general business license exists

   N/A - no application

2. Aberdeen Home Occupation Rules and South Dakota DBA (Fictitious Name) Filing

   Running a cleaning service from an Aberdeen home does not require a Home Occupation Permit - home occupations are allowed by right in residential zones when they meet the criteria in Aberdeen City Code Sec. 60-194 (conducted inside the dwelling, no exterior alteration or outdoor storage, limited signage, limited traffic, floor area capped), so there is no application or fee. If you operate under a trade name that does not plainly show each owner's surname, SDCL 37-11-1 requires a fictitious name filing: file it electronically with the South Dakota Secretary of State, or on paper with any county Register of Deeds - Brown County's Register of Deeds accepts the Certificate as to Use of a Trade, Assumed or Fictitious Name, signed before a notary. There is no 'County Clerk' filing in South Dakota. The filing must be renewed every fifth year.

   Official government source

   $0 for the home occupation (no permit required); $10 for the DBA filing and $10 for each five-year renewal, whether filed with the Secretary of State online or on paper with a Register of Deeds·No home occupation application. DBA filings submitted online through the Secretary of State are processed promptly; Register of Deeds paper filings are recorded over the counter.

   $0 for the home occupation (no permit required); $10 for the DBA filing and $10 for each five-year renewal, whether filed with the Secretary of State online or on paper with a Register of Deeds

   No home occupation application. DBA filings submitted online through the Secretary of State are processed promptly; Register of Deeds paper filings are recorded over the counter.

Official Sources

• City of Aberdeen City Finance Office
• South Dakota Department of Revenue — Sales Tax License

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