Form Bt-1 - Business Tax Application Page 12
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12Instructions for Completing Form BT-1C
Purpose: Form BT-1C is an application that is used when you are applying
Retail Merchant Certificate. Your location number (LOC#) is a 3
for multiple locations for Retail Sales Tax and want to file one consolidated
digit number also on your Retail Merchant Certificate. If you have ap-
return for all locations. The form also allows you to add an existing
plied for, but have not yet received your taxpayer identification number,
registered location to your consolidated account.
indicate “applied for” on Line 8 (Account Number column). If your busi-
ness is conducted under a trade name or DBA (doing business as) name,
Be sure to answer all applicable questions. Failure to do so may
enter it here. Also, enter the street address, city, state, and zip code. NOTE:
result in delays in establishing your account.
The business location address cannot be a P.O. Box Number.
Please print legibly or type the information on your application.
Please allow four (4) to six (6) weeks for processing.
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Note: Any outstanding tax liability owed by the applicant or an
If you have further questions regarding this application, contact the
owner, partner, or officer will delay application approval.
Department at (317) 486-5518.
Lines 1 through 4 are the same as the Business Tax Application (BT-
1) Section A Lines 1-4
Line 1: According to federal guidelines, most partnerships and all corpo-
rations are required to obtain a federal identification number. This num-
ber also is required whenever you withhold federal income tax from em-
ployees, regardless of ownership type. If you have a federal identification
number, enter it on Line 1. If you have applied for, but have not yet re-
ceived your federal identification number, indicate “applied for” on Line
1. You may get this number by completing the Internal Revenue Service
Form SS-4. This form may be obtained from you local IRS office or by
calling 1-800-829-3676. Your federal identification number is assigned to
you by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Line 2: The Taxpayer Identification Number (TID) is applicable only if
you have previously registered with the Department. The TID is a 10 digit
number shown on the Registered Retail Merchant Certificate. If you have
previously registered enter your TID on this line.
Line 3: These lines are for your ownership name and mailing address. On
the first line, enter the ownership name of your business. If you are a sole
proprietor, enter your last name first, first name, and middle initial. If you
are a corporation, enter the corporate name as listed on your corporate
charter. If you are a partnership and have a legal partnership name, enter
the name as recognized by the Internal Revenue Service. All government
agencies should list their proper agency name. The mailing address needs
to be completed as requested.
Line 4: This line is used to indicate the type of ownership of your organi-
zation. You are a sole proprietor if you own the business as an individual.
Sole proprietors cannot be not-for-profit organizations. You are a partner-
ship if you have a business partner owning part of the business. You are a
corporation if you filed with the Indiana Secretary of State or requested
that office to authorize your business activities in Indiana. You are an LLP
or LLC if you have been given such status from the Federal Government
and have registered through the Secretary of State’s Office. You are clas-
sified as Federal Government if you are a Federal Agency or a federally-
chartered organization (e.g. American Red Cross), National banks and
Federal credit unions. You are an Other Government classification if you
are a political subdivision of the State of Indiana. Such agencies include
township trustees, cer-
state, county or city government, town boards,
tain volunteer fire departments when under the control of the town-
ship trustee.
Line 5 and 6: Enter the name and the daytime telephone number of
a person within your organization whom the Department may con-
tact about tax related matters.
Line 7: Your account number is the 10 digit number that is on your
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