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United States Government Informational
Web Sites:
Foreign Representation in Washington, D.C.: http://embassy.org/embassies/
IRS Employer Tax Identification Number Information: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=118396,00.html
IRS Small Business Center: http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/businesses/small/index.html
IRS Tax Information and Forms: http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/businesses/small/content/0,,id=98942,00.html
Library of Congress (copyright information): http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
US Business Tax Information: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/display/0,,i1%3D2%26i2%3D23%26genericId%3D20005,00.html
US Bureau of Export Administration: http://www.bxa.doc.gov/
US Commerce Department: http://www.doc.gov/
US Department of Justice: http://www.usdoj.gov/
US Department of Labor (OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration):
http://www.osha.gov/
***US Federal Directory linking you to a host of government agencies and
federal services US Blue Pages:
http://www.usbluepages.gov/index.cfm
US Federal Government Resources Information:
http://www.umr.edu/%7Elibrary/gov/govtabl.html
US Federal Government Resources Information:
http://firstgov.gov
US Federal Government Sites Listing by Yahoo: http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/
US House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov/
US Immigration and Naturalization Service: http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm
US Patent and Trademark (patent, trademark, and service mark information:
http://www.uspto.gov/
US Senate: http://www.senate.gov/
US Small Business Administration: http://www.sba.gov/
US Social Security Administration: http://www.ssa.gov/
Tax Rates for 50 States from the Federation of Tax Administrators: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/tax_stru.html
National Institute of Standards and Technology Information:
NIST is an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration.
NIST's mission is to promote economic growth by working with industry to develop and apply technology,
measurements, and standards. NIST carries out its mission through four interwoven programs http://www.nist.gov/
Miscellaneous Useful Information
Web Sites:
Better Business Bureau: http://www.bbb.org/
EAN Code Information: http://www.ean-int.org/index800.html
International Standard Book Number Information (ISBN): http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/index.asp
Universal Product Code Information (UPC)::http://www.uc-council.org/
50 States, Commonwealths, and Territories Information (Interesting
social/cultural informational facts about States,
Commonwealths, and Territories): http://www.50states.com/
***Tremendously resourceful site…check it out!
State Informational Web Sites for Business:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Alabama:
State Business Name Search: http://www.sos.state.al.us/sosinfo/inquiry.cfm
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sos.state.al.us/business/corporations.cfm
State Business Resource List: http://www.alabama.gov/category.aspx?m=4&id=2
State Resource List: http://www.state.al.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.ador.state.al.us/
Alaska:
State Business Name Search:
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/bsc/corps.htm
State Business Organizational Structure Information:
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/bsc/corps.htm
State Business Resource List:
http://www.state.ak.us/local/bus1.html
State Resource List: http://www.state.ak.us/
State Sales Tax Information:
http://www.revenue.state.ak.us/
Arizona:
State Business Resource List: http://www.az.gov/webapp/portal/
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.cc.state.az.us/corp/
State Resource List: http://www.az.gov/webapp/portal/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.revenue.state.az.us/index.html#Tax%20Forms
Arkansas:
State Business Name Search: http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/business.html
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/
State Business Resources List: http://www.state.ar.us/business.html
State Resource List: http://www.state.ar.us/index.html
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.ar.us/dfa/taxes/new_bus.html
California:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.ss.ca.gov/business/corp/corporate.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_leftnav_categories.jsp?BV_
SessionID=@@@@1744775353.1033959195@@@@&BV_EngineID=dadcffldikhlbemgcfkmchcog.
0&sNavTitle=Business&sLeftNavCategoryPath=%2fNavigation%2fBusiness
State Resource List:
http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.boe.ca.gov/info/reg.htm#sales
Colorado:
State Business Name Search: http://www.revenue.state.co.us/tradenames.html
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/main.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.state.co.us/business_dir/businessmenu.html
State Resource List: http://www.colorado.gov/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.colorado.gov/taxes.htm
Connecticut:
State Business Organizational Structure Information:
http://www.sots.state.ct.us/CommercialRecording/faqs.htm#7.%20Where%20can%20I
State Business Resource List: http://www.sots.state.ct.us/Business/BusMainPage/StartaBiz.html
State Resource List: http://www.state.ct.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.drs.state.ct.us/
Delaware:
State Business Resource List: http://delaware.gov/yahoo/Business
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.state.de.us/corp/index.htm
State Business Resource List: http://delaware.gov/yahoo/Resident
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.de.us/revenue/obt/registration_process.html
District of Columbia (Washington D.C.):
State Business Name Search: https://edynamicportal.com/Metroplex/washingtondc/license01/tradenamestart.asp
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://dcra.dc.gov/information/build_pla/business_services/coporations_division.shtm
State Business Resource List: http://brc.dc.gov/brchome.shtm
State Resource List: http://dc.gov/
State Sales Tax Information: http://cfo.dc.gov/etsc/services/business/index.shtm
Florida:
State Business Name Search: http://fic.sunbiz.org/corpweb/inquiry/ficmenu.html
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sunbiz.org
State Business Resource List: http://www.myflorida.com/portal/Business
State Business Resource List: http://www.dos.state.fl.us or http://www.dcra.org/blicapp.shtm
State Resource List: http://www.myflorida.com
State Sales Tax Information: http://sun6.dms.state.fl.us/dor/
Georgia:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/corporations/
State Business Resource List: http://www.georgia.gov/gta/cda/nav/front/0,1036,9,00.html
State Resource List: http://www.georgia.gov/gta/cda/front_door
State Sales Tax Information: http://www2.state.ga.us/Departments/DOR/
Hawaii:
State Business Name Search: http://www.ehawaiigov.org/DCCA/biz-name/html/
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/start/index.html
State Business Resource List: http://www.ehawaiigov.org/working/html/starting.html
State Resource List: http://www.ehawaiigov.org/main/html/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/start/index.html
Idaho:
State Business Name Search: http://www.accessidaho.org/apps/sos/corp/search.html
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.idahobizhelp.org/legal_ent.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.idahobizhelp.org/default.htm
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.idahobizhelp.org/taxes.htm#stc
Illinois:
State Business Name Search: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/business_services/corpnames.html
State Business Resource List: http://www.sos.state.il.us/services/services_business.html
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.legis.state.il.us/ilcs/ch805/ch805actstoc.htm
State Resource List: http://www.sos.state.il.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.revenue.state.il.us/taxinformation/
Indiana:
State Business Name Search: https://www.ai.org/sos/bus_service/online_corps/nameavail.asp
State Business Resource List: http://www.state.in.us/ai/working/business/index.html
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.in.gov/sos/forms/index.html
State Resource List: http://www.state.in.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.in.us/dor/
Iowa:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sos.state.ia.us/business/handbookintro.html
State Business Resource List: http://www.iowasmart.com/
State Resource List: http://www.iowasmartidea.com/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.ia.us/government/drf/business/business.html
Kansas:
State Business Name Search: http://www.kssos.org/corpwelc.html
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.kssos.org/corpfaq.html
State Business Resource List: http://www.accesskansas.org/operating/index.html
State Resource List: http://www.accesskansas.org/
State Tax Information: http://www.accesskansas.org/living/taxes.html
Kentucky:
State Business Name Search: http://www.sos.state.ky.us/corporate2/namavail.ASP
State Business Resource List: http://home.state.ky.us/TransferShortCut.asp?LKSYSID=4
State Resource List: http://www.kydirect.net/
State Sales Tax Information: http://revenue.state.ky.us/businesses.htm
Louisiana:
State Business Name Search: http://www.sec.state.la.us/crpinq.htm
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sec.state.la.us/comm/comm-index.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.sec.state.la.us/comm/fss-index.htm
State Resource Information: http://www.sec.state.la.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.rev.state.la.us/htmlfiles/faq/faq.asp#SalesTax
Maine:
State Business Name Search: http://www.state.me.us/sos/corpinfo.htm
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.state.me.us/sos/cec/corp/homepage.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.state.me.us/business/business.html
State Resource Information: http://www.maine.gov/portal/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.me.us/revenue/salesuse/homepage.html
Maryland:
State Business Name Search: http://www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/datanote.html
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/charter.html
State Business Resource List: http://www.mdbusiness.state.md.us/
State Resource List: http://www.state.md.us/
State Sales Tax Information:
http://www.maryland.gov/communities/community.asp?UserID=2&CommunityID=207&Folder=470|474
Massachusetts:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/Portal/BusinessEntities/BEMain.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=cluster&c=doingbusiness
State Resource List: http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.dor.state.ma.us/bsbc/taxes/tax_forms.htm
Michigan:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://medc.michigan.org/services/startups/structure/
State Business Resource List: http://medc.michigan.org/services/startups/introduction/
State Resource List: http://www.state.mi.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.treas.state.mi.us/mitax/mitxindx.htm#Sales
Minnesota:
State Business Name Search: http://da.sos.state.mn.us/minnesota/home/dahome.asp
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sos.state.mn.us/business/
State Business Resource List: http://www.dted.state.mn.us/01x00f.asp
State Resource List: http://www.state.mn.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.taxes.state.mn.us/regis/busreg.html
Mississippi:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sos.state.ms.us/busserv/busserv.asp
State Business Resource List: http://www.ms.gov/online_services_sub_sub.jsp?Category_ID=51
State Resource List: http://www.ms.gov
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.mstc.state.ms.us/taxareas/sales/main.htm
State Tax Resource List: http://www.mstc.state.ms.us/
Missouri:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sos.state.mo.us/business/corporations/intro.asp
State Business Resource List: http://www.state.mo.us/mo/links/Business/
State Resource List: http://www.state.mo.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://dor.state.mo.us/tax/business/index.htm
State Tax Resource List: http://dor.state.mo.us/
Montana:
State Business Name Search: http://app.discoveringmontana.com/bes/
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://sos.state.mt.us/css/BSB/Org_Structures.asp
State Business Resource List: http://www.discoveringmontana.com/css/business/rsrc_laws.asp
State Resource List: http://www.discoveringmontana.com/css/default.asp
State Tax Information: http://www.discoveringmontana.com/Revenue/css/default.asp
Nebraska:
State Business Resource List: http://63.239.54.223/#anchor_tax
State Resource List: http://www.nebraska.gov/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.revenue.state.ne.us/
Nevada:
State Business Name Search: http://soscommerce.state.nv.us/
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://sos.state.nv.us/comm_rec/index.htm
State Business Resource List: http://silver.state.nv.us/doing_business.htm
State Resource List: http://silver.state.nv.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://tax.state.nv.us/
New Hampshire:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.state.nh.us/sos/corporate/index.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.state.nh.us/business/index.html
State Resource List: http://www.state.nh.us
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.nh.us/revenue/
New Jersey:
State Business Name Search: https://www.state.nj.us/njbgs/njbgsnar.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.state.nj.us/njbiz
State Resource List: http://www.state.nj.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/revenue/
New Mexico:
State Business Name Search: http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us/ftq.htm
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us/corportation.htm
State Resource List: http:www.state.nm.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.nm.us/tax/trd_div.htm
New York:
State Business Name Information: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/crpfaq.html#corpname
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/cnsl/busents.html
State Business Resource List: http://www.nyclink.org/html/business/html/retail.html
State Resource List: http://www.nyclink.org/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.tax.state.ny.us/sbc/
North Carolina:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/
State Business Resource List: http://www.ncgov.com/asp/basic/business.asp
State Resource List: http://www.ncgov.com/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/
North Dakota:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.state.nd.us/sec
State Business Resource List: http://www.state.nd.us/businessreg/index.htm
State Resource List: http://discovernd.com/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.nd.us/businessreg/oversales.htm
Ohio:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.state.oh.us/sos/business_services_information.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.odod.state.ho.us/business.htm
State Resource List: http://www.state.oh.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.oh.us/tax/business.html
Oklahoma:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.oktax.state.ok.us/oktax/busreg.html#Business%20Structures
State Business Name Search: http://www.sos.state.ok.us/business/business_records.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.odoc.state.ok.us/index.html
State Resource List: http://www.state.ok.us/
State sales Tax Information: http://www.oktax.state.ok.us/oktax/busreg.html
Oregon:
State Business Name Search: http://sos-venus.sos.state.or.us:8080/beri_prod/PKG_WEB_NAME_SRCH_INQ.LOGIN
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.filinginoregon.com/obg/index.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.oregon.gov/index.cfm?CurrPID=502
State Resource List: http://www.oregon.gov
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.dor.state.or.us/salestax.html
Pennsylvania:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.paopen4business.state.pa.us/BStructure/Structure.asp
State Business Resource List: http://www.state.pa.us/papower/taxonomy/taxonomy.asp?DLN=29888&papowerNav=|29888|&papowerPNavCtr=|29965|#29965
State Resource List: http://www.state.pa.us/PAPower/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.revenue.state.pa.us/revenue/cwp/view.asp?a=13&Q=69009&subID=B
Rhode Island:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.corps.state.ri.us/corporations.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.corps.state.ri.us/firststop/index.asp
State Resource List: http://www.state.ri.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.tax.state.ri.us/info/synopsis/syntoc.htm
South Carolina:
State Business Organizational Structure Information:http://www.scsos.com/corporations.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.myscgov.com/SCSGPortal/static/business_tem1.html
State Resource List: http://www.myscgov.com/SCSGPortal/static/home_tem1.html
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.sctax.org/DOR/Tax+Information/Smallbus/business_tax_guide.htm
South Dakota:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.state.sd.us/sos/CORPADMN.HTM
State Business Resource List: http://www.state.sd.us/
State Resource List: http://www.state.sd.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.sd.us/revenue/Howto/bustaxhowto.htm
Tennessee:
State Business Name Search: http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/sosname/
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/service.htm#corporations
State Business Resource List: http://www.state.tn.us/dobuis.html
State Resource List: http://www.state.tn.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/tax_info.htm
Texas:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.tded.state.tx.us/guide/STEP1.html
State Business Resource List: http://www.tded.state.tx.us/guide/
State Resource List: http://www.state.tx.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.cpa.state.tx.us/m23taxes.html
Utah:
State Business Name Search: http://www.state.ut.us/serv/bna
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.dced.state.ut.us/NAV/library/bizutah/structure.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.dced.state.ut.us/NAV/library/bizutah/title.htm
State Resource List: http://www.utah.gov/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.tax.ex.state.ut.us/
Vermont:
State Business Name Search: http://www.sec.state.vt.us/seek/keysrch.htm
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.sec.state.vt.us/tutor/dobiz/dobindex.htm
State Resource List: http://www.state.vt.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.vt.us/tax/Register%20Business.htm
Virginia:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.state.va.us/scc/division/clk/index.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.vipnet.org/portal/business/index.htm
State Resource List: http://www.state.va.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.tax.state.va.us/bt_sutax.htm
Washington:
State Business Name Search: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/corps/search.aspx
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/corps/
State Business Resource List: http://www.wa.gov/dol/bpd/operate.htm
State Resource List: http://access.wa.gov/
State Business Tax Information: http://dor.wa.gov/
West Virginia:
State Business Name Information: http://www.wdfi.org/corporations/crispix/name_search.htm
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.state.wv.us/sos/corp/startup.htm
State Resource List: http://www.state.wv.us/
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.state.wv.us/taxrev/97tl_index.htm
Wisconsin:
State Business Name Search: http://www.wdfi.org/corporations/crispix/search.asp
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://www.wdfi.org/corporations/statutes.htm
State Business Resource List: http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/business.html
State Resource List: http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/home
State Sales Tax Information: http://www.dor.state.wi.us/faqs/sales.html
Wyoming:
State Business Organizational Structure Information: http://soswy.state.wy.us/corporat/corporat.htm
State Business Resource List: http://http://www.state.wy.us/business.asp
State Resource List: http://www.state.wy.us/
State Sales Tax Information:http://revenue.state.wy.us/revframe.htm