Columbia Business Filing Deadlines & Ongoing Requirements
What a business in Columbia keeps doing after it opens: recurring filings, renewals and the events that trigger new obligations. Change the business details to fit yours.
Where Columbia, MO filings and renewals are tracked
- Renew Columbia business license · City of Columbia Business Licenses (city)
- Annual reports: Missouri Secretary of State
- Tax returns and payments: Missouri Department of Revenue
- Unemployment insurance filings: Missouri Division of Employment Security
Renewals, filing triggers and recurring deadlines in Columbia
12 items in your plan repeat on a schedule. Each one lists its authority and when it comes due.
Recurring filings and renewals
- File federal income tax return: Form 1040 with Schedule C · every year · April 15 · IRS
- Deposit federal payroll taxes · every month · 15th day of the following month · IRS
- File Form 941 (Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return) · every quarter · April 30, July 31, October 31, January 31 · IRS
- File Form 940 (Federal Unemployment Tax) · every year · January 31 · IRS
- Issue Forms W-2 and file W-3 · every year · January 31 · IRS / SSA
- Register for and file Missouri entity-level taxes · every year · Missouri Department of Revenue
- File sales tax returns and remit tax (Missouri) · every month · Monthly, quarterly or annually as assigned by the state · Missouri Department of Revenue
- File wage reports and pay unemployment insurance contributions (Missouri) · every quarter · Missouri Division of Employment Security
- File the annual unclaimed property holder report (Missouri) · every year · November 1 · Missouri unclaimed property program
- Obtain food service establishment / health permit · every year · Boone County health department (Missouri)
- City business license — Columbia, Boone County, Missouri · every year · City collector / county: Columbia / Boone County
- Renew Columbia business license · every year · City of Columbia Business Licenses
Filings triggered by an event
- Complete Form I-9 for each new hire: applies when Business has employees
- Report new hires to the Missouri new hire directory: applies when 3 employees in Missouri
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Common questions about Columbia
The state licenses your industry through its own regulator, and the city and county add local permits. These are the authorities and local items on record for Columbia:
- Real estate licensing: Missouri Real Estate Commission
- Alcohol licensing: Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control
- Child care licensing: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
- Health facility licensing: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
- Renew Columbia business license (City of Columbia Business Licenses, city)
With your current selections, the licenses and permits are: Missouri sales tax license (Missouri); Obtain food service establishment / health permit; Ensure certified food protection manager on staff; City business license — Columbia, Boone County, Missouri; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Columbia; Renew Columbia business license. Change the industry above to see yours.
Sources: sos.mo.gov, dor.mo.gov, labor.mo.gov
In your plan for Columbia, requirements come from four levels. Missouri sets formation, state taxes and employer rules; the city and county add local licenses and taxes.
- Federal (8): Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN); File federal income tax return: Form 1040 with Schedule C; Deposit federal payroll taxes; File Form 941 (Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return)…
- State (11): Maintain a registered agent in Missouri; Register for and file Missouri entity-level taxes; Missouri sales tax license (Missouri); File sales tax returns and remit tax (Missouri)…
- County (1): Obtain food service establishment / health permit
- City (3): City business license — Columbia, Boone County, Missouri; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Columbia; Renew Columbia business license
Sources: sos.mo.gov, dor.mo.gov
- Register for unemployment insurance with Missouri Division of Employment Security.
- Workers' compensation: Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation. Required when: 5 employees (1 in construction)
- Register to withhold Missouri income tax from wages.
- Your plan adds these employer steps: Report new hires to the Missouri new hire directory; Display required federal labor law posters; Complete Form I-9 for each new hire; Display required Missouri workplace notices.
Sources: labor.mo.gov, labor.mo.gov, dor.mo.gov