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Rhode Island Small Business Information. Get One or More Business Licenses. File Records For Your Form of Business. Obtain Professional Licensing. Register an Assumed or Fictitious Business Name.
Decide on a name for your business. Assign a registered agent for service of process. Get an Employer Identification Number (EIN) from the IRS. Create an operating agreement. File for pass-through withholding tax.
File Articles of Dissolution with the state. Visit an online legal document creation service such as Legal Docs.com or Legal Zoom.com and write the LLC's Articles of Dissolution. These documents are necessary to legally separate each LLC member from the entity.
Forming an LLC in Rhode Island is simple. Search your Rhode Island LLC name in the state database and select your RI Resident Agent. Then file your Articles of Organization with the Rhode Island Secretary of State and wait for your LLC to be approved. You can file your LLC by mail, online, or walk-in filing.
Step 1: Choose a Business Idea. Step 2: Write a Business Plan. Step 3: Select a Business Entity. Step 4: Register a Business Name. Step 5: Get an EIN. Step 6: Open a Business Bank Account. Step 7: Apply for Business Licenses & Permits. Step 8: Find Financing.
Form. Certificate of Assumed Business Name. Submit Your Certificate of Assumed Business Name. Providence City Hall. Payment. $10 Filing Fee. DBA Questions. Contact the Providence City Clerk: 401.680. Renew Your DBA. Your assumed name does not expire. Change Your DBA. Withdraw Your DBA.
To close your business in Rhode Island, you must satisfy all filing obligations with both the RI Division of Taxation and the RI Department of State. To dissolve your business, it must be active and up to date with all filings with the RI Department of State. To verify your status, email corporations@sos.ri.gov.
Just as you filed paperwork with the state to form your LLC, you must file articles of dissolution or a similar document to dissolve the LLC. These papers are filed with the same state agency that handed your original LLC formationusually the secretary of state.
Steps to Starting a Business in Rhode Island. Step 1: Choose a Business Idea. Step 2: Write a Business Plan. Step 3: Select a Business Entity. Step 4: Register a Business Name. Step 5: Get an EIN. Step 6: Open a Business Bank Account. Step 7: Apply for Business Licenses & Permits.