State of Tennessee Web Sites for Doing Business in Tennessee
State of Tennessee Website: http://www.state.tn.us/
Small Business Information Guide: http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/res_guide.htm
Tennessee Business Taxes http://www.tn.gov/revenue/tntaxes/business.shtml
Form or register a new business with state of Tennessee http://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/RegistrationInstr.aspx
Business Name Search: http://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/NameAvailability.aspx
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
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
Corporation Forms http://www.tn.gov/sos/bus_svc/forms.htm#llc
Fee Schedule for Corporations, Limited Liability Company, and Partnerships: http://www.tn.gov/sos/forms/corpfeeschedules.pdf
Tennessee Sales and Use Tax Guide: http://www.tn.gov/revenue/tntaxes/salesanduse.shtml
Department of Revenue Franchise & Excise Tax http://www.tn.gov/revenue/tntaxes/fae.shtml
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.tn.gov/revenue/tntaxes/index.shtml
Trademarks Information: http://tn.gov/sos/bus_svc/trademarks.htm
Division of Regulatory Boards: http://www.tn.gov/regboards/
Department of Labor and Workforce Development: http://www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/index.shtml
Dept of Labor & Workforce Dev. Employer Services http://www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/Employers/employers.shtml
Workers Compensation: http://www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/wcomp.html
Unemployment Services: http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/esdiv.html
New Hire Reporting: https://www.tnnewhire.com/
Sites for Small Business Assistance
Greater Knoxville SCORE Chapter: https://greaterknoxville.score.org
US Small Business Administration: http://www.sba.gov
Tennessee Small Business Development Centers: http://www.tsbdc.org
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.city-data.com/county/Knox_County-TN.html
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/
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/