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Helpful Links for Small Businesses

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Sites for Doing Business in Tennessee

Sites for Small Business Assistance

IRS Sites

Sites for Demographic Information

Patent and Trademark Sites

Other Employee Requirements

Sites for Doing Business in Tennessee

• State of Tennessee Websitehttp://www.state.tn.us/
• Guide to Tennessee Communitieshttp://www.tennesseeanytime.org/local/
• TN Small Business Information Guide
  http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/res_guide.htm
• TN Alphabetical Directory of State Officeshttp://www.tennesseeanytime.org/directory/index.html
• TN Business Requirements and Tax Informationhttp://www.tn.gov/revenue/tntaxes/business.htm
• TN New Business Startup Site
  http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/pdfs/SGB_smart_guide_2010.pdf
• TN Secretary of Statehttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/
• TN Business Name Searchhttp://www.tennesseeanytime.org/sosname/
• TN Corporate/LLC fillable Forms
  http://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/corp-fillin.pdf
• TN For Profit Corporate Filing Guidehttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/fg-fp.pdf
• TN Limited Liability Company Filing Guidehttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/fg-llc.pdf
• TN General Partnership Filing Guide
  http://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/fg-gp.pdf
• TN Limited Partnership Filing Guidehttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/fg-lp.pdf
• TN Non Profit Corporate Filing Guidehttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/fg-np.pdf
• TN Fee Schedule for Corporations, Limited Liability
  Company, and Partnershipshttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/corpfeeschedules.pdf
• TN Department of Revenue Sales and Use Tax Guide
  http://www.state.tn.us/revenue/taxguides/salesanduse.pdf
• TN Department of Revenue Sales Tax Information and
  Formshttp://www.state.tn.us/revenue/forms/taxspecific.htm
• TN Department of Revenue Franchise and Excise TaxGuidehttp://www.state.tn.us/revenue/taxguides/feguide.pdf
• TN Department of Revenue City and County Tax
  Rateshttp://www.state.tn.us/revenue/pubs/taxlist.pdf
• TN Department of Revenue List of Taxes forTennesseehttp://www.state.tn.us/revenue/taxguides/index.htm
• TN Trademarks Information
  http://www.tn.gov/sos/bus_svc/iets2/ietm/PgTrademarkSearch.jsp
• TN Division of Regulatory Boardshttp://www.state.tn.us/commerce/boards/contact.shtml
• TN Department of Labor and Workforce Developmenthttp://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/
• TN Department of Labor and Workforce Development
  Employer Serviceshttp://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/mainemployer.html
• TN Worker’s Compensationhttp://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/wcomp.html
• TN Unemployment Serviceshttp://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/esdiv.html
• TN Worker’s Comp, Unemployment Insurance Formshttp://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/mainforms.html
• TN New Hire Reportinghttp://www.tnnewhire.com/
• Tennessee Department of Revenue Tax Formshttp://www.state.tn.us/revenue/forms/sales/index.htm
• Tennessee and Federal Postershttp://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/poster.htm

Sites for Small Business Assistance

• US Small Business Administrationhttp://www.sba.gov
• Tennessee Small Business Development Centershttp://www.tsbdc.org/
• Small Business Development Centers NationalInformation Clearinghousehttp://www.sbdcnet.org/
• SCOREhttp://www.scoreknox.org
• Business Information Sitehttp://www.morebusiness.com
• SBA Business Law legal helphttp://www.businesslaw.gov/
• Business Week Small Business Legal Guidehttp://businessweek.findlaw.com/index.htm
• Low cost Corporate/LLC filings Onlinehttp://www.mycorporation.com/
• SBA Financing Your Business/Loanshttp://www.sba.gov/financing/
• Federal Grant Resourceshttp://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html
• Entrepreneur Magazine’s Small Business On Linehttp://www.entrepreneurmag.com/
• Inc Magazine’s Small Business On Linehttp://www.inc.com/
• Business Week’s Small Business On Linehttp://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/index.html
• SBA’s Online Classroomhttp://www.sba.gov/services/training/onlinecourses/index.html
• Business Insurance: http://www.businessinsurance.org/

IRS Sites

• Internal Revenue Service Small Business/SelfEmployed Infohttp://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html
• Internal Revenue Service Site Index
  http://www.irs.gov/sitemap/index.html
• Internal Revenue Service Forms and Publicationshttp://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
• Internal Revenue Service FEIN – SS4 Instructionshttp://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iss4.pdf
• Online FEIN – SS4 Application
  http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fss4.pdf

Sites for Demographic Information

• Knoxville/Knox County Demographics
  http://www.knoxmpc.org/locldata/cenhome.htm
• US Censushttp://www.census.gov/
• Easi Demographicshttp://www.easidemographics.com/
• Maptitude Demographics
  http://www.caliper.com/
• New Strategist Demographic Bookshttp://www.newstrategist.com/

Patent and Trademark Sites

• US Patents and Trade Marks Officehttp://www.uspto.gov/
• Trademark Centerhttp://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
• US Copyright Office
  http://www.loc.gov/copyright/
• Trade Secretshttp://www.execpc.com/~mhallign/

Other Employee Requirements

• US Citizenship and Immigration Servicehttp://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
• US Citizenship and Immigration Service Forms andPublicationshttp://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/index.htm
• The Incorporation site
  http://www.incorporateinanystate.com/incorporating_s

  ection1.htm

• Answers to operating a Corporationhttp://www.mycorporation.com/corpdirecto.htm
• LLC Operating Agreementhttp://premium.findforms.com/operatingagree.htm
• Partnership Agreementshttp://www.nasda-hq.org/Policies/fifteen.htm
• ‘Lectric Law all types of legal forms and helphttp://www.lectlaw.com/
• Business Plans by Business Plan Prohttp://www.bplans.com/
• Business Startup Informationhttp://www.toolkit.cch.com