Form 08-4181 - Alaska Business License And Tobacco Endorsements Instructions
ADVERTISEMENT
1
2
3
4
5T
S
HE
TATE
ALASKA
of
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Business Licensing Section
State Office Building, 333 Willoughby Avenue, 9th Floor
PO Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806
Phone: (907) 465-2550
Fax: (907) 465-2974
•
Email:
businesslicense@alaska.gov
BusinessLicense.Alaska.Gov
Website:
NEW APPLICATION:
Alaska Business License And Tobacco Endorsements Instructions
This application is to purchase a new business license and/or a new tobacco endorsement(s).
For immediate processing you may file online and print your business license:
If you are applying for a new tobacco endorsement you must apply by hardcopy (paper) application. Online filing is not
available at this time for new tobacco endorsement applications.
If you need to purchase renew an existing business license, file online or submit the RENEW Alaska Business License
application (Form 08-4617).
To avoid delays do not leave any applicable area of the new business license application incomplete.
1.
BUSINESS NAME
Select your business name carefully. Business license fees are not refundable once the business license has
been issued.
•
Check your spelling. Special characters and symbols are not valid and will not be accepted.
•
You must operate and advertise in the exact business name listed on the business name section of
your application
•
Do not use the acronym “DBA” in your official business name unless you intend to advertise in the exact
full name on the business license including the “DBA”.
Example: “Aurora Borealis Mountain Adventures Corporation DBA Northern Lights Climbing Adventures”
o
If applying as “Northern Lights Climbing Adventures” then this must be the exact business name
used for advertising. Note: the DBA would be implied by “Aurora Borealis Mountain Adventures
Corporation” being listed as the owner of “Northern Lights Climbing Adventures”.
o
If applying as “Aurora Borealis Mountain Adventures DBA Northern Lights Climbing Adventures
Corporation” then this must be the full and exact business name used for advertising.
•
If the name you wish to use on a business license has an entity indication (such as: INC, LLC, LLP, or
LP) then same name must be used for the owner name (which is required in Item #3) and must match
the entity name on record with the Corporations Section. Note: the entity number will be required in Item
#3 on the application.
•
If the owner of the business license is a corporate subsidiary, this information is reflected through
corporate record and not on the business license.
•
A separate business license is required for each business name.
Conduct a thorough search of business names before applying for your business license. Companies that have
used a business name for a long period of time may have created a common law right to the use of the name.
Places to search include, but are not limited to: the internet; business license records; corporations registration
records; professional license records; telephone directories; trade magazines; trademark records; and catalogs.
2.
BUSINESS LICENSE FEES:
Business license fees are non-refundable once the business license has been issued. All business licenses
expire on December 31st regardless of the date of purchase. The expiring year depends on your choice of an
annual (1 year) or biennial (2 year) license. Payment can be made by check, money order, MasterCard or Visa.
Make checks payable to the State of Alaska.
08-4181
Rev. 10/01/15
New Business License Instructions Page 1 of 5
ADVERTISEMENT
0 votes
Related Articles
Related forms
Related Categories
Parent category: Legal