Home Bakery Permit Requirements in Rapid City, SD

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. 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.

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   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. Food Safety Manager Certification (not required for cottage food)

   South Dakota's cottage food laws let home producers sell many items - baked goods, home-canned high-acid foods such as jams and pickles, dried mixes, naturally fermented foods, and frozen produce - directly to consumers from a home, farmers market, or similar venue without a food service license, so a certified food protection manager is not required for those products. ARSD 44:02:07:03 requires at least one person who has passed an eight-hour food service training and certification program only at licensed food service establishments. Labeling is still required on packaged cottage food items, and some products (low-acid home-canned foods, juices, take-and-bake items, other prepared foods) do require a state license.

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   $0 for a cottage food operation. If pursued voluntarily, ANSI-accredited courses listed by SD DOH run about $100 (for example $59.95 for the online course plus a $40 proctored exam) up to roughly $159.·Courses are self-paced online with a proctored exam and are typically completed in one to two days

   $0 for a cottage food operation. If pursued voluntarily, ANSI-accredited courses listed by SD DOH run about $100 (for example $59.95 for the online course plus a $40 proctored exam) up to roughly $159.

   Courses are self-paced online with a proctored exam and are typically completed in one to two days

1. South Dakota Cottage Food (Home-Processed Food) Exemption

   South Dakota's cottage laws let a producer sell specified home-processed foods directly to consumers without a food service license: baked goods (including temperature-controlled ones held at 41F or less), home-canned foods with pH of 4.6 or less or water activity of 0.85 or less, naturally fermented foods, frozen produce, nuts, grains, seeds and dry mixes, and intact greens and herbs. There are no monetary limits on the amount of sales. Sales must be direct and in the seller's physical presence from a home, farmers market, or similar temporary venue - wholesale, retail-store, and internet sales are not exempt and require a state license. Packaged items must carry a label with the product name, producer name, physical and mailing address, phone, date processed, ingredients, any refrigerate/freeze directive, and the required home-kitchen disclaimer. Meat, poultry, jerky, fish, dairy, honey, and eggs fall under other agencies and are not covered.

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   $0 - no license or registration fee for exempt products. Producers selling canned, fermented, frozen, or temperature-controlled baked foods must complete an approved food safety course every five years (or keep written recipe verification from a processing authority); course fees are set by the provider. Any scale used to sell by weight must be NTEP-certified every other year at a $28 fee.·No application or waiting period for exempt products; allow time to complete the required food safety course if you sell canned, fermented, frozen, or temperature-controlled baked goods

   $0 - no license or registration fee for exempt products. Producers selling canned, fermented, frozen, or temperature-controlled baked foods must complete an approved food safety course every five years (or keep written recipe verification from a processing authority); course fees are set by the provider. Any scale used to sell by weight must be NTEP-certified every other year at a $28 fee.

   No application or waiting period for exempt products; allow time to complete the required food safety course if you sell canned, fermented, frozen, or temperature-controlled baked goods

2. City of Rapid City - No General Business License for Most Businesses

   Rapid City does not require a general business license. The city's own licensing page states that the Finance Office requires a business license only for these types: Adult Oriented Business, Central Station Service, Ice Cream Vendor, Pawn / Precious Metals and Gems / Second Hand, Refuse Hauling, Security, Sidewalk Vending, Taxi, Transportation Network, or Alcohol Related Business/Event (Finance Office, 605-394-4143). It adds explicitly that if you do not have one of these businesses, the Finance Office does not require you to have a business license through their office, and refers other business licensing questions to the Department of Revenue at 605-394-2332. Contractor licenses, building permits, plan review, inspections, and air quality permits are handled separately by Building Services at 605-394-4120. A South Dakota sales tax license from the Department of Revenue is required and is free.

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   $0 for most businesses - no general business license exists. A license fee applies only to the enumerated categories above; contact the Finance Office at 605-394-4143 for those amounts.·N/A for most businesses - there is nothing to file. For an enumerated license type, contact the Finance Office at 605-394-4143.

   $0 for most businesses - no general business license exists. A license fee applies only to the enumerated categories above; contact the Finance Office at 605-394-4143 for those amounts.

   N/A for most businesses - there is nothing to file. For an enumerated license type, contact the Finance Office at 605-394-4143.

Official Sources

• South Dakota Cottage Food Law
• City of Rapid City Finance Department

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