Registering Your Small Business

Registering your company in Wisconsin means formally establishing your business entity with the state, typically by filing Articles of Organization or Articles of Incorporation with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), and potentially registering with other agencies like the Department of Revenue and the Department of Workforce Development. 

To help you get started, here are some resources you might find very helpful. 

The Internal Revenue Service 

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory tax law. Small businesses in Wisconsin must report their earnings to the IRS. 

www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed

Wisconsin Department of Revenue 

The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) is an agency of the Wisconsin state government responsible for the administration of all tax laws, as well as valuing property and overseeing the wholesale distribution of alcoholic beverages and enforcement of liquor laws.

https://www.revenue.wi.gov/Pages/Businesses/New-Business-home.aspx

Wisconsin Unemployment Insurance 

Unemployment insurance in the United States, colloquially referred to as unemployment benefits, refers to social insurance programs which replace a portion of wages for individuals during unemployment.

www.dwd.wisconsin.gov/ui/

Charities 

www.greatnonprofits.org/state/Wisconsin

www.giving.wi.gov/charities/

501c3 Wisconsin

A 501(c) organization is a nonprofit organization in the federal law of the United States according to Internal Revenue

www.501c3.org/state-nonprofit-guide/how-to-start-a-nonprofit-in-wisconsin/

Additional Wisconsin Registration Tools

Here are some additional resources we have found to be very helpful.

www.wisconsinsbdc.org/services/resources/bal

https://onestop.wi.gov/OpenMyBusiness

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