Registering your business name, after doing a search to make sure that it is not already in use, protects you from others who might be using the same name. The IRS may seem like a complicated maze, but there are publications, counselors and workshops available to help you sort it out. It is important to consider zoning regulations when choosing a site for your business. You may not be permitted to conduct business out of your home or engage in industrial activity in a retail district. Contact the business license office in the city or town in which the business is located.
Many stores require bar coding on the packaged products they sell.
You may contact these government agencies for information, assistance and forms. If you hire employees you may be required to provide unemployment or workers' compensation insurance. All businesses with employees are required to comply with state and federal regulations regarding the protection of employees. All employees are required to have Worker's Compensation Insurance. Also information concerning employment regulations and requirements for federal contractors, subcontractors and farm labor laws.