Basic Requirements for Business Start-up in Onondaga County
Business Titles:
Business Certification (d/b/a)
Individual-Form X-74
Partnership-Form X-74
Onondaga County Clerk
Room 200, Court House
Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone: (315) 435-2235
Filing Fee: $30 - No personal checks
Onondaga County Clerk's Satellite Office Location Schedule
Certificate of Incorporation NYS Department of State
Division of Corporations
41 State Street
Albany, NY 12231
Information Phone: (518) 473-2492
Taxes:
IRS
Federal ID No. (EIN) Form ss4
Est. Taxes Form ES 1040
Federal Building, IRS Taxpayer Services
100 South Clinton Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
Information: (800) 829-1040
Tax Forms: (800) 829-3676
Online Forms: IRS Online
NYS
Publication 750
Resale Certificate ST-120
Est. Tax Form IT-2105
NYS Department of Taxation and Finance
State Office Building
333 East Washington Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
Tax Forms: (800) 462-8100
Tax Information: (800) 225-5829
Online Forms: NYS Tax Online
Licensing
Special Licenses or Permits
Office of Regulatory Reform
P.O. Box 7027 - 17th Floor
Governor Alfred E. Smith Building
Albany, NY 12225
Business Permit Specialist: (800) 342-3464
City Licenses License Commission - Syracuse
City Hall Commons - Room 106
Phone: (315) 448-8474
County Licenses County Health Department: (315) 435-3244
Food Protection: (315) 435-6607
Insurance: (optional)
Fire, Liability, Disability
Health Insurance
NYS Insurance Fund: (315) 453-6500
Chamber of Commerce: (315) 470-1800
Better Business Bureau: (315) 479-6635
James Howard Wayne Associates: (315) 451-1500
National Association of Self-Employed (NASE): (800) 232-NASE
NYS Health Insurance Partnership Program: (800) 836-5689
Support Service Alliance (SSA): (800) 836-4772

Contact the town or village clerk, town hall or village legal counsel where business will be conducted to ask if zoning or other permits are required.