Fargo Business Filing Deadlines & Ongoing Requirements
What a business in Fargo keeps doing after it opens: recurring filings, renewals and the events that trigger new obligations. Change the business details to fit yours.
Where Fargo, ND filings and renewals are tracked
- Annual reports: North Dakota Secretary of State
- Tax returns and payments: North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner
- Unemployment insurance filings: Job Service North Dakota
Official sources: www.tax.nd.gov
Renewals, filing triggers and recurring deadlines in Fargo
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
- File Annual Report (North Dakota) · every year · November 15 · North Dakota Secretary of State
- Register for and file North Dakota entity-level taxes · every year · North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner
- File sales tax returns and remit tax (North Dakota) · every month · Monthly, quarterly or annually as assigned by the state · North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner
- File wage reports and pay unemployment insurance contributions (North Dakota) · every quarter · Job Service North Dakota
- File the annual unclaimed property holder report (North Dakota) · every year · November 1 · North Dakota unclaimed property program
- Obtain food service establishment / health permit · every year · Cass County health department (North Dakota)
- City business license — Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota · every year · City auditor/clerk: Fargo / Cass County
Filings triggered by an event
- Complete Form I-9 for each new hire: applies when Business has employees
- Report new hires to the North Dakota new hire directory: applies when 3 employees in North Dakota
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Common questions about Fargo
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 Fargo:
- Contractor licensing: North Dakota Secretary of State (contractor licensing)
- Real estate licensing: North Dakota Real Estate Commission
- Alcohol licensing: North Dakota Office of Attorney General (with local licensing)
- Child care licensing: North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services
- Health facility licensing: North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services
With your current selections, the licenses and permits are: North Dakota sales tax permit (North Dakota); Obtain food service establishment / health permit; Ensure certified food protection manager on staff; City business license — Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Fargo. Change the industry above to see yours.
Sources: tax.nd.gov, sos.nd.gov, tax.nd.gov, jobsnd.com
In your plan for Fargo, requirements come from four levels. North Dakota 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 (13): Maintain a registered agent in North Dakota; File Annual Report (North Dakota); Register for and file North Dakota entity-level taxes; North Dakota sales tax permit (North Dakota)…
- County (1): Obtain food service establishment / health permit
- City (2): City business license — Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Fargo
Sources: tax.nd.gov, sos.nd.gov, tax.nd.gov
- Register for unemployment insurance with Job Service North Dakota.
- Workers' compensation: North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI). Required when: 1 employee
- Register to withhold North Dakota income tax from wages.
- Your plan adds these employer steps: Report new hires to the North Dakota new hire directory; Carry workers' compensation insurance (North Dakota); Display required federal labor law posters; Complete Form I-9 for each new hire; Display required North Dakota workplace notices.
Sources: jobsnd.com, nd.gov, tax.nd.gov