Landscaping Business Permit Requirements in Sioux Falls, 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 DANR - Commercial Pesticide Applicator License

   If you apply pesticides or herbicides on other people's property for hire as part of landscaping work, you must hold a Commercial Pesticide Applicator License from the SD Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) - the former standalone Department of Agriculture merged into DANR, and sdda.sd.gov now redirects to danr.sd.gov. You must first pass the commercial category G (General/core) certification exam plus each category exam matching the work you perform (for landscaping this is typically the ornamental and turf category); exams are taken by appointment at SDSU Extension testing locations. Certification and licensure run two years and must be recertified and renewed by the last day of February in the expiration year.

   Official government source

   $35 commercial pesticide applicator license for a two-year term, paid to DANR; certification exam fees are charged separately by the SDSU Extension testing site·Exams are by appointment at an SDSU Extension testing site; the license is issued once the exams are passed and the fee is paid

   $35 commercial pesticide applicator license for a two-year term, paid to DANR; certification exam fees are charged separately by the SDSU Extension testing site

   Exams are by appointment at an SDSU Extension testing site; the license is issued once the exams are passed and the fee is paid

1. No Sioux Falls General Business License Required

   Sioux Falls has no general business license, and business licensing is not handled by the Finance Department. The Licensing Office operates under the City Attorney's Office and states that 'not all businesses and professions need City licensing'; Code of Ordinances Sec. 110.026 lists the complete set of licenses the city issues. Licensing is split across departments: City Attorney's Office (alcohol, medical cannabis, pawnbroker and secondhand dealers, transportation services, circus, fortune telling, motion picture theater, livery, charitable/educational/religious registration), City Clerk (raffle and bingo), Police Records (alarm businesses, peddler/mobile food), Planning and Building Services (contractor licensing), Landfill (hauler license), Water Reclamation (liquid waste generators), and the Sioux Falls Health Department (daycare, tattoo artist and establishment). Massage therapists are licensed by the state Board of Massage Therapy. If your business type is not on that list, no city license is required.

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   $0 for business types the city does not license; fees for the specific licensed categories vary by category·N/A unless your business falls in one of the listed licensed categories

   $0 for business types the city does not license; fees for the specific licensed categories vary by category

   N/A unless your business falls in one of the listed licensed categories

2. Sioux Falls Landscape Irrigation Contractor License (irrigation work only)

   Sioux Falls has no general landscaping or lawn-care contractor registration, and Minnehaha County issues no contractor registrations at all - contractor licensing is a city function. The city does require a Landscape Irrigation Contractor License of all contractors doing lawn sprinkler work within city limits, administered by Building Services (Licensing 605-367-8672, [email protected]; Plumbing Inspectors 605-367-8253). Applicants must submit the application (form 2B25038), the license fee, and a $10,000 compliance bond; a City Plumbing Ordinance folder is provided on application (also sold separately for $5). A state plumbing license does not substitute for this city license. Homeowners are not required to be licensed but must obtain plumbing homeowner's permits and meet plumbing code with required inspections. General landscaping, mowing, planting, and hardscaping need no city license, though structural work such as tall retaining walls needs a building permit.

   Official government source

   $200 for the two-year Landscape Irrigation Contractor License, prorated to $100 when applying in the second year of the cycle, plus a required $10,000 compliance bond. No fee exists for general landscaping, because no such license exists.·Applications are not processed until all documents and the fee are received; licenses run on a two-year cycle expiring December 31 of the odd year. Contact Licensing at 605-367-8672.

   $200 for the two-year Landscape Irrigation Contractor License, prorated to $100 when applying in the second year of the cycle, plus a required $10,000 compliance bond. No fee exists for general landscaping, because no such license exists.

   Applications are not processed until all documents and the fee are received; licenses run on a two-year cycle expiring December 31 of the odd year. Contact Licensing at 605-367-8672.

Official Sources

• City of Sioux Falls Finance Department
• South Dakota Department of Revenue — Sales Tax License

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