Creating & filing an Assumed Name Certificate (also known as a DBA, Fictitious Name, or Trade Name) are your first steps toward formalizing your business name and opening a professional bank account. Registering your business name shouldn't take a lot of time or be a big deal, but unfortunately it can be. What most people don't know about the process, is that if you fill out the paperwork incorrectly you may not know until after your paperwork is filed, and your banker tells you.
It may sound crazy, but here is why this happens: Your DBA is a legal document, and as a government employee the County Clerk (or other government office depending on your state) is prohibited from helping you fill out the form, because that could be considered providing legal advice. Even if they want to help you they are not allowed to. So... if you fill out the form incorrectly they will either:
Tell you that they can't accept it (but they cant tell you why)
Accept your filing fee, and file the certificate without telling you it's wrong.
If this happens it is often your banker who has to tell you that it's wrong and they cant open your business account until it's fixed. Then you get to go back to the County Clerks office and try again. We help people avoid that situation by doing the paperwork right the first time.
Can you fill out the form yourself and get everything done right the first time? Probably yes.
But, is saving $5 worth the time and energy it takes to read the legal definitions and instructions to make sure you do it right the first time... and then maybe getting to do it again, until it's right (plus the filing fee)? Probably not. Your time is worth more than $5 per hour, isn't it?
At assumedname.org, we specialize in providing Sole Proprietors and General Partnerships with custom assumed name certificates, accurately pre-filled with your business information the first time, so you can hand it to the County Clerk and get your business name filed quickly and easily. We eliminate the complex paperwork so you can focus on building your business. Get started now and your accurate paperwork will be ready in minutes.
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