Pressure Washing 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. Pressure Washing Wastewater Rules - No Aberdeen or Brown County Stormwater Permit

   Neither the City of Aberdeen nor Brown County issues a stormwater discharge permit, wastewater disposal plan approval, or environmental registration for pressure washing businesses - there is no such permit product and no fee. What does apply is general South Dakota water pollution law: SDCL 34A-2-21 provides that no person may cause pollution of any waters of the state or place wastes where they are likely to cause pollution, and a violation may be abated as a public nuisance. In practice that means wash water containing detergents, degreasers, paint chips, or oils should be contained and recovered rather than allowed to enter a storm drain or gutter, and should be disposed of to a sanitary sewer connection with the utility's permission or to a licensed disposal facility. The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) Office of Water is the state authority for surface water quality questions.

   Official government source

   $0 - no city or county stormwater permit, registration, inspection, or fee exists for pressure washing businesses in Aberdeen or Brown County·N/A - there is no application or approval step; the pollution prohibition applies at all times

   $0 - no city or county stormwater permit, registration, inspection, or fee exists for pressure washing businesses in Aberdeen or Brown County

   N/A - there is no application or approval step; the pollution prohibition applies at all times

Official Sources

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

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