I don’t know too much about taxes, but I’m doing mine right now with turbotax, and I owe quite a bit. Someone once told me that if you have a business license, you can qualify for much larger tax cuts. I haven’t really had much active business activity, but I do have a license.

I heard that since I do own a work at home business, I can take the money I pay for rent every month and claim that as a business expense, since this is where the business is located. Or something like that.

Can someone explain this to me better, or give me ideas of other deductions I would qualify for being I own a home based business (even though I haven’t had much business activity)?

I live in washington
As an added portion of my question…Since I am running close to the deadline, if I file my taxes now to beat the deadline. But I don’t claim all necessary deductions, is it possible to re-file, or else have a professional re-file to get some of that money back?

Also, the first person said tax software isn’t current, well I’m using turbotax online. Is that outdated also? Am I missing out on other deductions?

me and my partner are trying to open a beauty supply store but when we call trying to set up accounts with wholesalers some ask for a license and some just ask for the tax id number or certificate.

How can you tell if a online company have a business license in Florida? Would a business license make you trust in this company?
Or would a license make this company legit and real or not?

Is this something that you can do online?
What all is involved in applying for the license?
How do they judge weather you get approved or not?

Thanks in advance!!!!
It would be in Florida & in Photography!

By the way I have been searching google for these answers for about a week and the best I have come up with is to apply for an Adult Entertainment License but I don’t know if that is right and I don’t know how to do that. Someone please help. I would like to start this business venture in about a year and a half so I have plenty of time to figure this out.

I want to start a nurse agency in Harris County. How do I get started. Who give me the license to open the business?

Thanks

There are several businesses around where I live who do not have business licenses. Do you have to have a business license to pay taxes? How do their employees pay their own taxes if they employer does not have a business license?

Do I have to have a business license out in the county if I plan to open a shop where I will be the only employee?
Where would I go to research and find answers concerning what permits I might need that I don’t have to pay someone to do the leg-work for me. I would hate to have to pay 75.00 or more simply to find out that I don’t need a license or special permits out here in B.F.E.