Photography 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 Community Event Permit / Street or Trail Use Request

   Public-space event use inside Aberdeen city limits is a City of Aberdeen matter, not a Brown County one - the county does not run city parks or streets. The City Finance Office (123 South Lincoln Street, 605-626-7023, [email protected]) issues the Community Event Permit and handles Street/Trail Use Requests. The application requires an aerial site plan showing barricades, vendors, stages, sanitation facilities, trash receptacles and first-aid stations, a traffic control plan covering street closures and emergency vehicle routes, a sanitation and cleanup plan, and a certificate of insurance with at least $1,000,000 general liability coverage. Sellers of taxable goods must attach a sales tax license, and alcohol sales require a separate city alcoholic beverage license and a security plan. Routine portrait photography in a public park generally does not need a permit; confirm with the city if you are reserving space or closing a street.

   Official government source

   No fee is stated on the city's Community Event Permit Application; confirm the current amount with the Finance Office Auditor Division at 605-626-7023·Applications must be submitted one month prior to the event

   No fee is stated on the city's Community Event Permit Application; confirm the current amount with the Finance Office Auditor Division at 605-626-7023

   Applications must be submitted one month prior to the event

Official Sources

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

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