Service companies and Delivery vendors also need a vendor's license.

If you are outside Logan County, contact your local county Auditor.Ī Transient Vendor's License is issued directly by the Ohio Department of Taxation to a vendor with no fixed place of business. Contact the Logan County Auditor's Office for more information. For each location, a separate license must be obtained. The vendor's license is for a business with a permanent location. The County Auditor issues the vendor's license. Every business must post its vendor's license in clear sight of the public, so that the owner or company name, the business or trade name, the business address, business telephone number and the primary kind of business being operated can easily be seen. In addition, a vendor's license helps the consumer understand more about the business with which they are dealing.

Obtaining a vendor's license solely to avoid paying sales tax is a fraudulent act and a violation of Ohio law. It does not give a company or person an exemption from paying sales tax. Second, it authorizes a business to make taxable sales and collect sales tax.

First it gives notice to the local county Auditor and the Ohio Department of Taxation that a new business has been created. A Vendor's License (PDF) for an Ohio business serves several purposes.

Ohio business license fee