You own a small business or are thinking about operating your own local business someday soon and are concerned about what state or local regulations have an impact on your small business? You also may wonder what if any free or low-cost training programs are available to you to further the reach of your small business? You also may be looking for financial assistance in running your small local business and are not sure where to look for funding?
There is help for individuals whom presently run or are thinking of starting a small local business when it comes to running or finding financial help. You can discover what state and local regulations will impact your small local business and you can discover plenty of free, low-cost training programs and some help when it comes to financial assistance geared towards small business owners.
The official business link to the U.S. government known as Business.Gov has the information local small business owners are searching for if they operate in the United States. When you visit the Business.Gov website you will see a map of the U.S., a search box for local, state and federal sites and a topic box arranged by local and state to the right of the page.
In order to locate local and state regulations or financial help first click on your state. Taking this first step will allow you to discover many resources at your disposal. I run my local small business from my home in Ohio so clicking on the state of Ohio brings many links that are relevant to my situation. I can now see links that will give me information about how to start and manage a business in the state of Ohio. I can enter my zip code and discover what licenses and permits are required in area that I am running my business from. I can even locate business loans and grants by using the loans and grants search tool located on that page.
If I have questions about tax registration requirements there is a link that will take me to the pertinent information about that topic. If I need information about Worker’s Comp requirements or need information about how to comply with environmental regulations I can easily locate the information that I need from a box labeled, “How Do I…?”
There is even a search box at the bottom of that page that asks me to select my business type and zip code and when I enter this information I am redirected to a page that contains a step by step blueprint on what to do to start my small local business including tax registration, business licenses, local permits, how to file for incorporation, filing for a DBA name, information about employer requirements such as how to withhold for income taxes, and insurance requirements.
Business.Gov is the one-place to go for resources for local small business owners to help you start or maintain a small local business.
There is no need to search for or struggle with starting a small local business in the U.S. when Business.Gov is available to give you information about starting and operating your own local business by providing you with information about business law, business opportunities, state and local regulations, loans and grants for small local businesses and how to register a local business.
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Business.Gov http://www.business.gov/
