Pet Sitting Business 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

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. City of Aberdeen Kennel Operation Special Exception

   Brown County has no Animal Services department, so there is no county kennel or boarding permit. Boarding pets overnight for pay at a home or facility in Aberdeen meets City Code Sec. 8-45's definition of a kennel operation, which requires a special exception from the City of Aberdeen's Board of Zoning Adjustment. Apply on the city's Application for Hearing - Board of Zoning Adjustment through Planning and Zoning (123 S. Lincoln St., 605-626-7017 / 605-626-7025); attach all plans and supporting information. Grooming-only or day-visit businesses do not meet the kennel definition. A South Dakota sales tax license from the Department of Revenue is also required.

   Official government source

   $200 non-refundable Board of Zoning Adjustment application fee (the same fee covers variances, special exceptions, and appeals)·The Board of Zoning Adjustment meets the second Thursday of each month at 8:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers on the first floor of City Hall; representation at the hearing is required before the request may be heard

   $200 non-refundable Board of Zoning Adjustment application fee (the same fee covers variances, special exceptions, and appeals)

   The Board of Zoning Adjustment meets the second Thursday of each month at 8:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers on the first floor of City Hall; representation at the hearing is required before the request may be heard

Official Sources

• City of Aberdeen City Finance Office
• Brown County Animal Services

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