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New York City

Mayor's Office For Industrial & Manufacturing Businesses

NYC Department of Consumer Affairs. Business Licenses link
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dca/html/licenses/licenses.shtml

NYC Department of Finance. Business and Excise Tax Forms link
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/pub/pub_businesstax.shtml

NYC Department of Small Business Services Introduction to permits and licensing. http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/nycbiz/downloads/pdf/licensing.pdf

NYC Department of Small Business Services. Registering your business. http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/nycbiz/downloads/pdf/registering.pdf

NYC Department of Small Business Services. Business Solutions. Sector Guides:
Retail Business Guide, Restaurant Business Guide, and Daycare Guide. http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/nycbiz/html/starting/guides.shtml

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Food Safety and Community Sanitation.
Permit applications, requirements and forms.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/inspect/ipart1.shtml

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Operating a Food Establishment in NYC.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/inspect/inspect-guide-2005-part1.pdf

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Filing for a separate smoking room in a bar/restaurant.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/smoke/sfaa2.pdf

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Bureau of Day Care. Day Care Licensing Highlights.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/dc/dclh.shtml

NYC Department of Buildings. Fill-in and Electronic Submission Forms
http://nyc.gov/html/dob/html/forms/forms.shtml 
   - and http://nyc.gov/html/dob/html/certificates/certificates.shtml Certificates of Occupancy
   - and http://nyc.gov/html/dob/html/licenses/about.shtml Tradespersons licenses

New York State

NY State Divison of Corporations. Corporations and Business Entities. Includes link to Database of Corporations, links to forms for filings for Business Corporations, Not-for-Profit Corporations, Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships.
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/corpwww.html

NY State e-biz NYS link to online forms
http://www.nysegov.com/e-bizNYS.cfm?displaymode=normal&fontsize=100&contrast=lod&

NY State. Department of State-OPAL [Online Permit Assistance and Licensing] database
http://www.nys-permits.org/

NY State  Department of Taxation and Finance Corporation tax forms link
http://www.tax.state.ny.us/forms/corp_cur_forms.htm

NY State Department of Taxation and Finance. Business Taxpayer page link
http://www.tax.state.ny.us/sbc/

NY State Department of Taxation and Finance. Sales Tax Forms
http://www.tax.state.ny.us/forms/sales_cur_forms.htm

NY State Department of Labor. Business Services Forms and Publications
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/formsdocs/does/BusServformsandpublications.shtm

NY State Department of Labor. Worker Protection. Employment Laws, Labor Standards Forms and Publications link.
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/wp_forms_documents.shtm

NY State Minimum Wage Laws
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/laborstandards/workprot/minwage.shtm#MIN_WAGE_LAWS

NY State. Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform [GORR]
http://www.gorr.state.ny.us/

NY State Liquor Authority
http://www.abc.state.ny.us/JSP/content/license_forms.jsp

NY State Application for Apparel Industry Certificate of Registration LS-154
Application for Apparel Industry Certificate of Registration LS - 154

NY State Department of State. Miscellaneous State Records. Links to applications to register a Trademark/Service Mark with New York State.
http://dos.state.ny.us/corp/miscfae.html

U.S. Federal  Forms

Business.gov official business link of the U.S. Government

U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Employer Identification Numbers. Form SS-4 (EIN)
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98350,00.html

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services- Form I-9 -Employment eligibility verification form.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/
?vgnextoid=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=
db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services- Employer Information Bulletins
http://www.uscis.gov

U.S. e-Laws First Step Employment Law Advisor- Helps employers determine which D.O.L laws may apply to their business
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/FirstStep/

U.S. Department of Labor. Compliance Assistance-Fair Labor Standards Act link
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/flsa/#form

U.S. Internal Revenue Service - Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource.
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html

U.S. Internal Revenue Service- Forms
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html

U.S. Trademark Electronic Application System-
http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html. (See the link to "Where do I start" at http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/workflow/start.htm before using the application system. (SIBL offers a class in searching trademarks)

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. How to> Forms link.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/index.html. See also this page: http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm for FAQs, guides, instructions about patents. (SIBL offers a class in searching patents).

U.S. Small Business Administration. Forms link
http://www.sba.gov/tools/Forms/index.html