Is it legal to operate a buisness (create website, hand out buisness cards, advertise) without having an actual buisness which costs alot, and takes time to get started. I am a student in college and would like to get a website gonig for a photography buisness. I will be insured shortly as well. however, I am not a legal buisness because i do not wish to go into this as a career. This is only a side job while in college. What do i do??
2007-05-24 10:49:50 · 4 answers · asked by Steve C 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
you should file a fictitious biz name statement if you are doing biz as anything other than your own name...
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I suggest you should incorporate to prevent personal liability
2007-05-24 10:53:41 · answer #1 · answered by michael 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are just wanting to run a web site and use your own name that is fine for the business side behind the site and use whatever name you want for the site.
The filing of fictitious names is different in each state anyway. Some states don't even have such a thing.
I would suggest you look into a LLC rather than incorporating if you do anything at all.
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2007-05-24 17:59:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's legal. In most states you don't need to do anything special to delclare yourself a sole proprietorship. You just have to include it in your tax return. And, because there's little chance of liability in this type of business, I wouldn't even incorporate.
2007-05-24 18:43:59 · answer #3 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just sell the business to pay off your college bills
2007-05-24 17:57:13 · answer #4 · answered by sparkles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋