Form 08-4181 - Alaska Business License And Tobacco Endorsements Instructions printable pdf download

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ALASKA

Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development

Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing

Business Licensing Section

333 Willoughby Avenue, 9th Floor, Juneau, AK 99801

PO Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806

Phone: (907) 465-2550

Fax: (907) 465-2974

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Email: businesslicense@alaska.gov

Website: BusinessLicense.Alaska.Gov

NEW APPLICATION:

Alaska Business License And Tobacco Endorsements Instructions

FOR IMMEDIATE PROCESSING: file online at and print your business

license.

If you file hardcopy (paper), applications are processed in date order received. Standard processing time from

March-September is 10-15 business days. During heavy business licensing filing seasons, October-February, the

processing time will be delayed.

This application is to purchase a new business license only and/or a new tobacco endorsement(s).

• If you need a new tobacco endorsement you must apply using the hardcopy (paper) application along with the

appropriate fees.

• If you want to renew an existing business license, file online for immediate processing or submit Renew Alaska

Business License Application (Form 08-4617) via fax or mail along with the appropriate fees.

IMPORTANT: The status of your professional license and/or entity may directly affect your business license. Per AS

43.70.020(d) you must comply with any regulatory provisions (i.e. professional licensing and/or registering your entity)

to be entitled to a business license. To check the status of your professional license and/or entity go to,

and click License Search.

TIP: to avoid delays do not leave any applicable portion of the new business license application incomplete.

PART I: BUSINESS NAME

Select your business name carefully. Business names cannot be changed once the business license has been issued.

Business license fees are non-refundable once the business license has been issued. For more information, go to

and click Selecting a Name for Your Business.

TIPS:

• 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.

For more information regarding distinguishable names go to and click,

Selecting a Name for Your Business.

• You must operate and advertise in the exact name listed in the Business Name section (Part I) on this

application.

• A separate business license is required for each different business name.

• Check your spelling. Special characters and symbols are not valid and will not be accepted.

• 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: “James K. Smith DBA Smith Auto Shop”.

• If the name you wish to use on a business license (Part I) has an entity indication (such as: INC, LLC, LLP, or LP)

then the same name must be used for the owner name (Part III) and must match the entity name on record with

the Corporations Section.

08-4181

Rev. 10/01/16

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Form 08-4181 - Alaska Business License And Tobacco Endorsements Instructions

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