A lawyer can help you decide on the most advantageous legal structure for your business and walk you through tax procedures and the necessary licenses and permits in your area. This will have implications for how you file taxes and how much you will need to pay. Most small businesses are sole proprietorships, which are the easiest to set up and require the least paperwork. If you are considering another legal structure, you may wish to consult a lawyer who can help you pick the structure best for you.  Sole proprietorship – An unincorporated business run by an individual. No special steps are needed to form a sole proprietorship, and since there is no distinction between the business and you, the owner, the income from the business is reported as your income. You pay self employment tax. Because you will be personally liable for your business, this form is not recommended. Partnership – A business where two or more people share ownership. To form one you must choose a name and register your business with your state. You must also register with the IRS and get a tax ID. Profits are passed through to the partners, who pay taxes on them on their individual tax return. This includes self employment tax. Partners are liable for their own actions and those of their partners.  Limited liability company (LLC) – To start an LLC, you must, at a minimum, choose a name and file articles of organization with your state, often for a fee. LLC owners pay taxes on profits through their individual income tax returns and have to pay self employment tax, but are protected from personal liability for the decisions and actions of the company.  Corporation – An independent legal entity owned by shareholders. To register your corporation you must choose a company name and file articles of incorporation with your state. You will also need to register with the IRS and get a tax ID. Corporations file taxes separately from their owners. This may prove advantageous, allowing owners to take advantage of the corporate tax rate, but it may also lead to double taxation. You should speak with your lawyer or accountant to see if this form of business will benefit you.  S Corporation – An independent legal entity owned by shareholders, like a typical corporation, except that to avoid double taxation, profits and losses are passed through to the owners’ personal tax returns, instead of the company paying taxes. A DBA (Doing Business As) is needed whenever you are doing business under a name other than your own. If you are working as an independent contractor under your own name, you don’t need one. But if your limousine business has a name other than your own, you will need to register that name as a DBA. Corporations that must file tax returns will need one, as well as partnerships, which don’t file taxes, but do have to file business information annually with the IRS You will also need a tax ID if you have employees. Drivers are usually hired as independent contractors who cover their own payroll taxes, but for a dispatcher or other employees, your company will be responsible for half their payroll taxes, and must thus have a tax ID with which to pay them. Most states and some localities levy a business or corporate income tax. If you are a sole proprietor, you will pay this tax as part of your personal income return, while LLCs and corporations will be taxed separately from their individual owners. If you have employees, you will also need to pay state worker’s compensation insurance and unemployment insurance taxes. You can find more information on tax laws for businesses in your state here. Depending on the laws in your area, you will need to obtain permits for your business, vehicle, yourself, or all three in order to operate a limousine or black car, and sometimes another permit to pick up passengers at the airport. Depending on the locality and how competitive the market is, these permits will cost from around $100 to several thousand dollars.
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One-sentence summary -- Consider hiring a business lawyer familiar with the industry. Determine the legal structure of your business. Choose your business name and register it with your state government. Determine if you need to get a tax identification number for your business. Register to pay taxes in your state and understand local tax laws. Obtain the necessary licenses and permits.


Your hair will form knots and start to cling together. Your hair will naturally start to separate into sections within a few days and will form distinctive sections within a couple of weeks.  Be patient. This stage can be short or take longer, depending on what your hair's natural texture is. The coarser your hair is, the faster dreads will form. If you have very straight hair, as with most Asian hair textures and some Caucasian hair textures, you may need to help dreads form by backcombing, adding wax, or crocheting dreads. Clean hair dreads best, but washing your hair too often can prevent it from dreading. At most, wash your hair every 2 days.  After about a year into the dreading process, you will only need to wash once a week. Try looking for a dread-friendly shampoo. These shampoos leave less residue and help your hair knot. If you have greasy or oily hair, it won't be able to knot and form dreads. Dry your hair after showering with a microfiber towel by squeezing out extra moisture and then wrapping your dreads. You can also use a hairdryer on a cool setting to speed up the process.  If you have naturally greasy hair, you may need to wash it more often to keep your hair as dry as possible. Blow dryers can damage your dreads. It is best to air dry them, but you can use a blow dryer on cool, constantly moving it around between sections. Do this by holding both sections and slowly pulling them apart up starting from the bottom and going up toward the scalp. Or, to separate 2 dreads more permanently, run your finger along the scalp along a section line, then hook your finger underneath the hair where it is crossing over into another section. Pull from the scalp away from the head. Any section larger than 1 inch (2.5 cm) around will produce 'Congos' or 'fat dreads'. The area of the section where your hair meets the scalp will be the thickness of your mature dreadlocks. Short hair around 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) can take as little as a year to lock up, while hair longer than shoulder length can take 2 years or more. Mature dreadlocks are tightly knotted and you can't pull them apart with your fingers. You will also notice that they don't change in shape or appearance anymore. You will need patience, but the end result will be the healthiest dreadlocks possible.  There are no definite timelines for how long hair takes to lock. Everyone's hair is different and will mature at its own rate. Longer hair usually takes more time to mature, because it needs to shrink and kink more for dreads to lock up. Coarse and curly hair locks quicker than fine, straight hair.
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Stop brushing or combing your hair. Wash your hair 1-2 times a week. Keep your hair dry. Separate any dreads that are trying to join together into a larger dread. Wait up to 2 years for mature dreads to form.