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Default - home page for this site

Business Wizard – gives a customized Checklist of state and federal regulations that may apply to your business, including licenses, permits, taxes, and business registration information.

Resource Wizard – gives a customized Checklist of funding and business development resources, including local, regional, and national programs.

Business Assistance – lists many types of business assistance programs and the organizations providing them. To learn about a particular type of assistance, click on an agency's name to see a brief description of the agency and a link to its Web site.

Legal Structure & DBAs – provides descriptions of the types of legal structures (business entity forms - corporation, partnership, etc.) recognized in Idaho and how to file each type. Also gives information about filing for a DBA (Doing Business As), also called an Assumed Business Name, and how to change a business name, ownership, or close a business.

Taxes – find taxes a business owner must pay and the agencies that collect them, as well as agencies offering tax incentives. Also find a tax calendar indicating when various taxes are due.

Licenses – gives an overview of licensing requirements in Idaho, including licenses needed for specific professions. A list of all the business activities listed in the Business Wizard can be printed from this page.  

Insurance – describes many types of insurance available to business owners in Idaho, both required and optional.

Employer Issues – describes the major issues impacting employers and the agencies associated with them.

Forms – links to the most frequently requested forms by agency.  

Agencies – gives information and links to the major agencies that assist and/or regulate businesses in Idaho.

Hot Topics – information on current topics of interest or topics that cause the biggest problems for small business owners.

FAQs - (Frequently Asked Questions) and the answers

Glossary – descriptions of business terms appearing on this site and terms commonly used in small business transactions.

Links – some of the most useful business links

Help – provides assistance for using this site

Feedback – click this link to provide feedback about this site or to offer suggestions on how it can be improved.

Email Us – click this link if you can’t find the information you need or are having technical problems with this site. You will receive a confidential response.

RIB - information about Reducing Idaho's Bureaucracy, the committee that originated the idea for this site