Resources
Useful links and references for bookkeepers and small business owners.
Business Self Help
Success Magazine – Great insightful information on running a business
Government Agencies
- Start a business
- Change a business
- Renew your license
- Professional license
- Check status of business
- File quarterly reports
- Employer safety
- Information for employees – they can file a claim online
- File Taxes
- Employees file claims
- Find a job/Hire an employee
- May have grants available for training for you or your employees
- Can help screen employees
- Have various work programs avaiable
New Hire? Report them to DSHS
Must be done within 20 days of the hire date
- File online - Sales tax reported monthly or quarterly
- Get tax rates
- If you want ruling to be binding you need to ask for a written copy.
Business Helps
Columbia Basin Community College Small Business Development Center
SCORE - Entrepreneurs get FREE & CONFIDENTIAL business advice from SCORE
What business entity should I be? Here’s a comparison chart and another resource. (Not for official use.)