Blank Bt 1 Indiana PDF Template

6.Owner name, Legal name, Partnership name, Corporate name or

B_____________________________________________________

If sole owner (last name, first name, middle initial, Suffix)

C______________________________________________________

Primary Address: D ________________________________________

City: E _________________________________________________

State: F ______________________ Zip Code: G _______________

County: H ______________________________________________

Email Address: I _________________________________________

7. Business trade name or DBA and physical location: (This name and

address is for the business location.) Check if foreign address (See instructions)

Name: B _______________________________________________

P.O. Box numbers cannot be used as a business location address.

Street Address: C ________________________________________

City: D _________________________________________________

State: E ___________________ Zip Code: F __________________

County: G _________________ Township: H __________________

Business Location

Telephone Number: I ______________________ J Ext. _________

1. Accounting Period

Year Ending Date 12 31

Month Day

2.Date taxes first withheld from an Indiana resident/employee under this ownership

Month Year

3.Anticipated monthly wages paid to Indiana resident/employees

$

1.Date of first sales at this location under this ownership

Month Year

2.Enter the name(s) of the county(ies), city(ies) and/or town(s) where prepared foods or beverages are sold or catered and list start dates.

1. Date motor vehicle rental or leasing begins

Month

2.Tax District Number: _________________________________

If unkown, contact the County Assessors office.

1. Date heavy equipment rental or leasing begins

Month Year

2.Tax District Number: _________________________________

If unkown, contact the County Assessors office.

1.Does this business operate a marketplace on which it facilitates sales to Indiana customers? If box is checked, ensure section B is complete.

2.Does this marketplace facilitate the provision of accommodations to Indiana customers? If box is checked, ensure section E is complete.

3.Does this marketplace facilitate the sale and delivery of prepared food to Indiana customers? If box is checked, ensure section D is complete.

4.Does this Marketplace facilitate the sharing of personal vehicles? If box is checked, ensure section I is complete.

A marketplace is a forum used to connect sellers to buyers. A business is a marketplace facilitator if it operates a marketplace AND collects the payment or provides access to payment services on behalf of the seller. These boxes should not be checked unless the registering business is operating a marketplace AND facilitating sales for third parties. A business that is selling through a marketplace should NOT check any of these boxes.

Purpose: Form BT-1 is an application used when registering with the Indiana Department of Revenue for Sales Tax, Withholding Tax, Out-of- State Use Tax, Food and Beverage Tax, County Innkeepers Tax, Tire Fee, and Motor Vehicle Rental Excise Tax, or a combination of these taxes. The form also allows you to add a new tax type to an existing registered location in the event your business activities expand.

•Be sure to answer all applicable questions. Failure to do so may result in delays in establishing an account for you or may result in penalty assessments for returns that cannot post to your account.

•Please print legibly or type the information on your application.

•Note: Any outstanding tax liability owed by the applicant or

•an owner, partner, or officer will delay application approval.

Section A

(This section is devoted to taxpayer information.) Line 1: According to federal guidelines, most partnerships and all corporations are required to obtain a Federal Identification Number (FID). This number is also required whenever you withhold federal income tax from employees, regardless of ownership type. If you have a FID, enter it on Line 1. This form may be submitted to the Department of Revenue prior to receiving your FID. If you have applied, but have not yet received your federal identification number, indicate “applied for” on Line 1. You may get this number by completing the Internal Revenue Service Form SS-4. This form may be obtained from your local IRS office or by calling 1-800-829-3676. Your FID is assigned to you by the Internal Revenue Service.

Line 2: The Taxpayer Identification Number (TID) is applicable only if you have previously registered with the Department. The TID is a 13-digit number shown on the Registered Retail Merchant Certificate and/or vouchers or returns.

Lines 3 and 4: Enter the name and the daytime telephone number of a person within your organization whom the Department may contact about tax-related matters for this location.

Line 5: Check the reason (only one) that explains why you are filing this application.

Note: Canadian/foreign address If you indicate it is a foreign address please complete the address following U.S. Postal guidelines. The City line should show the Country name written in full and preferably in capital letters. A Canadian address should be shown the same as a U.S. address. Use the standard two-character abbreviations for provinces and territories. It will go on the State line.

Line 6: These lines are for your ownership name and mailing address. On the first line, enter the ownership name of your business. If you are a sole proprietor, enter your last name, first name, and middle initial. If you are a corporation, enter the corporate name as listed on your corporate charter. If you are a partnership and have a legal partnership name, enter the name as recognized by the Internal Revenue Service. If you are a nonprofit organization, enter your organization’s name as listed with the Internal Revenue Service. All government agencies should list their proper agency name. Enter the address of the ownership. Your email address is optional.

Line 7: If your business is conducted under a trade name or DBA (doing business as) name, enter it here. Enter the location street address, city, state, zip code, county, and township. If you do not know your township, contact your county assessor. Enter the telephone number of the business location. If you are conducting business activities from your home, enter your home telephone number (include the area code).

Note: The business location address cannot be a P.O. Box number.

Line 8: This line is used to indicate the type of organization of your business. For detailed information about the different types of organizations, go to: www.in.gov/sos/business

Line 9: Enter your Indiana Secretary of State Control number, if you have one.

Line 10: This information is to be completed only if you are a corporation. Otherwise, proceed to Question 11.

A)”State of Incorporation” is the state where your Articles of Incorporation were filed.

B)”Date of Incorporation” is the date you incorporated.

C)”State of Commercial Domicile” is the principal place from where your trade or business is directed or managed. Commercial domicile is not necessarily in the state of incorporation.

D)”Enter the date authorized to do business in Indiana.” This date is obtained from the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office for any foreign corporation not incorporated in Indiana seeking authority to transact business in Indiana.

E)”Accounting Period Year Ending Date” is the month and day your corporation closes its books. If you are on a calendar year, your accounting period date is Dec. 31. If you are on a fiscal year, the accounting period date will be a date other than Dec. 31.

Line 11: Included in this application is a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) list categorizing business types. Examine the list and locate your business activity or activities from the listing. You may enter up to four codes. The codes will assist the Department in mailing tax bulletins and other information applicable to your business. If you are currently using a six-digit code that is not on the list, but has been approved by the IRS, use that number(s).

Line 12: This section mustbe completed for processing of this form. If the business is a Sole Proprietorship, enter the owner’s Social security number, last name, first name, middle initial, title as owner and home address. If the business is a Partnership, enter each general partner’s Social Security number, name (last name, first name, middle initial), title of the partner, and home address. If you are a Corporation, enter the Social Security numbers, names of the corporate officers, titles, and home addresses. If you are a Governmental Agency or other type ownership, enter Social Security number(s), name(s) of official officer(s), title(s), and home address(es). Social Security numbers are required in accordance with IC 4-1-8-1. Affiliates of the registering entity listed on Line 6 must provide the Federal Identification Number, its entity name and address as well as the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of the affiliate’s responsible officers or partners. Attach additional sheets if necessary.

Tax Registration

Line 13: If the box is checked here you must complete select the tax types from question 14 you wish to register for and complete section J.

Line 14: Check (all that apply) the type of tax(es) you wish to register for this business location.

Private Employment Agency Instructions

Complete Section A and the Signature Section of the BT-1.

Contact Licensing at 317-232-5977 for a separate application which will need to be completed and submitted with your BT-1. See Signature

Section for mailing address.

Section B

Retail Sales Tax Account: $25 Nonrefundable Registration Fee Retail Sales Tax is applicable whenever selling activities are conducted in Indiana; whenever a business location, warehouse, distribution center exists; or whenever employees solicit or take orders for your products in Indiana (this includes wholesalers). Upon registration for retail sales tax, the Department will issue a Registered Retail Merchant Certificate. The registration fee of $25 is a nonrefundable processing fee and must be remitted with this application when registering for sales tax. Each business location, including manufacturers, per 45 IAC 2.2-8-7, must have a separate Registered Retail Merchant Certificate. A change of ownership requires a new application to be filed along with the $25 fee. For example: A sole proprietor changing to a partnership or corporation is a change of ownership. Retail sales tax rate is seven percent (.07).

Effective October 1, 2018, a business selling into Indiana without a physical presence in Indiana is required to register for retail sales tax if it meets one or both of the following economic nexus thresholds in the current or preceding calendar year.

The business has gross revenue from any combination of:

•the sale of tangible personal property that is delivered into Indiana;

•a product delivered electronically into Indiana; or

•a service delivered in Indiana:

that exceeds $100,000.

The business sells any combination of:

•tangible personal property that is delivered into Indiana;

•a product delivered electronically into Indiana; or

•a service delivered in Indiana:

in 200 or more transactions.

This same economic nexus registration requirement applies to marketplace facilitators effective July 1, 2019.

As of Jan. 1, 2007, all Registered Retail Merchant Certificates are valid for two years. The Indiana Department of Revenue will automatically renew the certificate 30 days before the expiration date, at no cost to the merchant, as long as all sales returns and payments are up to date. However, if a retail merchant has unpaid sales tax debts, the Department may not renew the certificate. Merchants cannot continue to operate

a business without a valid certificate. Read Indiana Code 6-2.5-8-1 for more information.

Line 1: Enter the date or anticipated date selling activities will begin. If you want to make purchases prior to your doors actually opening, use the date your purchasing will begin for “Date of First Sale.”

Line 2: Enter the dollar amount of your estimated monthly taxable sales. Wholesalers and manufactures please enter $1. If this is left blank or you put in zero, you will be set up on a monthly filing status.

Lines 3 through 13: Answer either “yes” or “no” as required and provide additional information as requested.

Section C

Withholding Tax Account: No Additional Fee

The following section is to be completed if you have employees in your workplace subject to Indiana Adjusted Gross (State) Income Tax. If you are registering for Withholding Tax, you must have a Federal Identification Number or have applied for one. There is no application fee for a withholding tax account. The withholding rates will be mailed to you on Departmental Notice # 1 (DN # 1) upon processing of the application.

Indiana employers must withhold Indiana state tax from employees who work in Indiana but are not residents of Indiana. The only exception

is when an employee is a full-year resident of one of the states that has entered into a reciprocal agreement with Indiana. Also, county income tax must be withheld at the nonresident rate if the Indiana county is the county of principal employment.

Line 1: For a calendar year filing status, your accounting period date is December 31.

Line 2: List date taxes were first withheld.

Line 3: Enter dollar amount of anticipated monthly wages paid to your Indiana employees.

Line 4: If you want your withholding tax returns sent to an address other than the address listed in Section A Line 6, enter the mailing address.

Line 5: Indicate if you are a Race Team withholding income taxes for Race Team Members who are nonresident employees/independent contractors.

Section D

Food and Beverage Tax Account: No Additional Fee The Food and Beverage Tax applies to the sales of food and beverages in adopting counties and/or cities. To obtain an account, you must be registered for sales tax for the location on this application. To determine if the food and beverage tax applies to your business, contact your County Auditor to see if your business location is in an adopting county and/or city.

Line 1: Enter the date of first sales of food and/or beverages from this

location or enter the date you plan to begin.

Line 2: Enter the name(s) of the adopting county(ies), city(ies), and/or town(s) where prepared foods or beverages are sold or catered and list the starting date(s) for each.

Line 1: Enter month / year when renting/leasing heavy equipment will begin.

Line 2: Enter the tax district number of this business location. If unknown, contact the County Assessor.

Section E

County Innkeepers Tax Account: No Additional Fee

The County Innkeepers Tax applies to the rental or leasing of hotel/motel rooms or accommodations for periods of less than 30 days. To obtain an account for this tax, you must be registered for sales tax for the location on this application. To determine if this tax applies to your business, contact your county auditor to see if your location is in an adopting county, and if so, whether the tax is submitted to the state or to the county.

Line 1: Enter month /year when room rentals/ accommodations will begin.

Section F

Motor Vehicle Rental Excise Tax Account: No Additional Fee

To obtain an account for this tax, you must be registered for sales tax for the location on this application. Every organization engaged in the rental or leasing of motor vehicles (weighing less than 11,000 lbs Gross Vehicle Weight) for less than 30 days is required to collect the Motor Vehicle

Rental Excise Tax. The motor vehicle rental excise tax rate is four percent (.04).

A supplemental rental excise tax may be in effect for some counties. Contact the Department at (317) 232-2240 for additional information.

Line 1: Enter month / year when renting/leasing motor vehicles will begin.

Line 2: Enter the tax district number of this business location. If unknown, contact the County Assessor.

Section I

Peer to Peer Vehicle Sharing Excise Tax

This tax is imposed on the sharing of passenger motor vehicles and trucks on a peer to peer vehicle sharing program or by vehicle owners through means other than a sharing program. The tax is imposed on vehicle sharing for less than 30 days at a rate of two percent on the gross retail income received by the retail merchant (the sharing program or the vehicle owner if not shared on a sharing program). Exemptions include trucks shared with a gross weight exceeding 11,000 pounds, sharing by a funeral director when he or she uses the vehicle as part of the services provided by a funeral director, and sharing that meets the sales tax exemption under IC 6-2.5-5-54(b). The driver of the vehicle is liable for the tax, and the tax is a separate amount added to the consideration for the sharing.

Section J

Marketplace Facilitator

A “marketplace” means a forum that a marketplace facilitator uses to connect sellers to purchasers for the purpose of making retail transactions involving a seller’s products by means of any of the following:

•Listing, making available, or advertising products.

•Transmitting or otherwise communicating an offer or acceptance of a retail transaction of products between a seller and a purchaser.

•Providing or offering fulfillment or storage services for a seller.

•Setting prices for a seller’s sale of the seller’s products.

•Providing or offering customer service to a seller or a seller’s customers, or accepting or assisting with taking orders, returns, or exchanges of products sold by a seller.

•Branding sales as those of the marketplace facilitator.

The forum that constitutes the marketplace can be either physical or electronic. The seller’s products at issue may include tangible personal property, specified digital products, rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, or enumerated services.

Section G

Tire Fee Registration: No Additional Fee

Complete this section if you will be selling new replacement tires and/or new tires mounted on motor vehicles.

Line 1: Enter the date of first tire sales.

Section H

Heavy Equipment Rental Excise Tax Registration: No Additional Fee To obtain an account for this tax, you must be registered for sales tax for the location on this application. Every organization engaged in the rental or leasing of Heavy Equipment for less than 30 days is required to collect the Heavy Equipment Rental Excise Tax. The heavy equipment rental excise tax rate is two point twenty-five percent (.0225).

A marketplace is facilitating a transaction when it does any of the following on behalf of the seller:

•Collects the sales price or purchase price of the seller’s products.

•Provides access to payment processing services, either directly or indirectly.

•Charges, collects, or otherwise receives fees or other consideration for transactions made on its electronic marketplace.

Line 1: Check box if the registering business qualifies as a

“marketplace facilitator” pursuant to IC 6-2.5-1-21.9, as described above.

If the box is checked, then Section B must be filled out.

Line 2: Check box if the marketplace is facilitating the provision of accommodations in Indiana.

If the box is checked, then Section E must be filled out. The business will be automatically registered for all adopting counties.

However, the marketplace will only be required to file a return for anadopting county for periods in which it facilitates accommodations in that county.

Line 3: Check box if the marketplace is facilitating the sale and delivery of prepared food to customers in Indiana.

If the box is checked, then Section D must be filled out. Use Box #2 to list all adopting locations from which food will be picked up. Please attach a list of locations if the space alloted is insufficient. The marketplace will have to file a monthly return for all locations for which it registers even if the marketplace does not facilitate sales from that location in the period.

Line 4: Check box if the marketplace is facilitating the sharing of personal vehicles through a vehicle sharing program.

If the box is checked Section I must be filled out.

Electronic Funds Transfer

Who is required to remit by EFT?

If your average monthly tax liability is over $10,000 per month for any of the following tax types, you are required to register for EFT and remit tax payments electronically: withholding tax, sales tax, use tax, and/or out-of-sales use tax. Note: If you are subject to Tire Fee and are required to remit your sales tax by EFT, you are also required to remit the Tire Fee by EFT.

Section K

Signature Section

This application must be signed by the owner, general partner, corporate officer, or resident agent before it will be accepted by the Department.

This application will be delayed if any individuals listed on Line 12

(Section A), or the business has any outstanding tax liabilities.

Can I Voluntarily Remit by EFT?

Any business taxpayer who wishes to remit withholding tax and or sales/ use tax may register for EFT and make payments electronically.

How to Register for EFT?

You may register for the traditional EFT Program - Automated Clearing House (ACH) Debit or ACH Credit (in.gov/dor/tax-forms/electronic- filing-publications/). Select EFT-100 to download the EFT Program Guide and Registration Packet.

If you have any questions about EFT or would like us to send you additional information, contact the EFT Section by calling (317) 232- 5500.