Websites

State of Tennessee Web Sites for Doing Business in Tennessee

State of Tennessee Website:

http://www.state.tn.us/

Guide to Tennessee Communities:

http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/main/citizen/community

Small Business Information Guide:

http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/res_guide.htm

Alphabetical Directory of State Offices:

http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/main/supplements/directory.html

Business Requirements and Tax Info:

http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/main/business/requirements.html

New Business Startup Site

http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/main/business/starting.html

Secretary of State:

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/service.htm

Business Name Search:

http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/sosname/

Business Name Availability Guidelines:

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/busname.pdf

For Profit Corporate Filing Guide:

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/fg-fp.pdf

Limited Liability Company Filing Guide:

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/fg-llc.pdf

General Partnership Filing Guide:

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/f2-gp.pdf

Limited Partnership Filing Guide:

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/fg-lp.pdf

Non Profit Corporate Filing Guide:

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/fg-np.pdf

Fee Schedule for Corporations, Limited Liability Company, and Partnerships:

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/corpfeeschedu1es.pdf

Department of Revenue Sales and Use Tax Guide:

http://www.state.tn.us/revenue/taxguides/sa1esuse2001.pdf

Department of Revenue Sales Tax Info and Forms:

http://www.state.tn.us/revenue/openbus.htm

Department of Revenue Franchise & Excise Tax Guide:

http://www.state.tn.us/revenue/taxguides/f&eguide.pdf

Department of Revenue City and County Tax Rates:

http://www.state.tn.us/revenue/pubs/taxlist.pdf

Department of Revenue List of Taxes for Tennessee:

http://www.state.tn.us/revenue/tntaxes.htm

Trademarks Information:

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/service.htm#trademarks

Division of Regulatory Boards:

http://www.state.tn.us/commerce/rblist.html

Department of Labor and Workforce Development:

http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfdl

Dept of Labor & Workforce Dev. Employer Services

http://www.statetn.us/labor-wfd/mainemployer.html

Workers Compensation:

http://www.state.tn.us/1abor-wfd/wcomp.html

Unemployment Services:

http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/esdiv.html

Workers Comp. Unemployment Insurance Forms:

http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/maininfo.html

New Hire Reporting:

http://www.tnnewhire.co

Sites for Small Business Assistance

Greater Knoxville SCORE Chapter:

http://www.scoreknox.org

US Small Business Administration:

http://www.sba.gov

Tennessee Small Business Development Centers:

http://www.tsbdc.org

Small Business Development Centers National Information Clearinghouse: http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/

SBA Business Law legal help:

http://www.businesslaw.gov/

Business Week Small Business Legal Guide:

http://businessweek.findlaw.com/index.htm

Low cost Corporate/LLC filings Online:

http://www.mycorporation.com/

SBA Financing Your Business/Loans:

http://sba.gov/financing/

Federal Grant Resources:

http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html

Entrepreneur Magazine’s Small Business On Line:

http://www.entrepreneurmag.com/

Inc Magazine’s Small Business On Line:

http://www.inc.com/

Business Week’s Small Business On Line:

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/index.html

Business Plans by Business Plan Pro:

http://www.bplans.com/

Sites for Demographic Information

Knoxville/Knox County Demographics:

http://www.knoxmpc.org/locldata/demogr.htm

US Census:

http://www.census.gov/

Easi Demographics

http://www.easidemographics.com/

Maptitude Demographics:

http://www.caliper.com/

New Strategist Demographic Books:

http://www.newstrategist.com/

IRS Sites

Internal Revenue Service Small Business/Self Employed Info:

http://www.irs.gov/smallbiz/index.htm

Internal Revenue Service Site Index:

http://www.irs.gov/preview/index.html

Internal Revenue Service Forms and Publications:

http://www.irs.gov/forrns_pubs/index.html

Internal Revenue Service FEIN - SS4:

http://www.irs.gov/smallbiz/newbusiness/pdf/editable_ss4.pdf

Patent and Trademark Sites

US Patents and Trade Marks Office:

http://www.uspto.gov/

Trademark Center:

http://www.tmcenter.com/

US Copyright Office:

http://www.loc.gov/copyright/

Trade Secrets:

http://www.execpc.com/~mhallign/

Other Employee Requirements

US Immigration and Naturalization Office:

http://www.ins.gov/graphics/index.htm

US Immigration & Naturalization Service Forms and Publications:

http://www.ins.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htp

This listing of web sites was developed by W. R. Welch of the Knoxville Small Business Development Center.