Start an Online eCommerce Business Choose your niche. Do your research. Choose your product and target market. Validate your product. Decide how you'll get your product. Write your business plan. Pick your business name and legal structure. Apply for your EIN, permits, and licenses.
There's a good chance your online business will need a Sales and Use Tax Registration Certificate to operate because the requirement applies to some remote sales of over $100,000 in a year and certain sales of goods and communications services.
Applying for a business license often requires: Determining legal structure - for instance, whether you are a sole proprietor or limited liability corporation. A detailed description of your business's activities. A sales tax license, which you can obtain from your state agency.
In general, no person is required to file information returns electronically in a calendar year unless the person is required to file at least 10 returns during that calendar year. Persons required to file fewer than 10 returns during the calendar year may file electronically or on paper.
As an employer, you must withhold state income taxes from salaries or payments made to employees who live in or are employed in Massachusetts and you must send them in, along with the appropriate form or electronic return, on time.
In Massachusetts, Mandated Reporters can be fined up to $1,000 for failure to report incidences of suspected abuse and neglect of children, elders, and individuals with disabilities.
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue taxes residents on income from all sources, and non-residents only on income derived from Massachusetts. If you are a resident of Massachusetts, whether single or married, you will have to file a Massachusetts return if your gross income from all sources exceeds $8,000.
Once a filing entity's tax liability reaches the $100,000 threshold in one taxable year, the filing entity must E-file in all subsequent years regardless of the amount due, as long as it has an obligation to file one of the three categories of taxes in Massachusetts.
The company specializes mainly in coffee, cocoa and cotton. ECOM has more than 40 offices located in over 35 countries all around the world. It is one of the largest coffee millers in the world. 32% of their coffee and 43.7% of their cocoa is sold as sustainable.