Greensboro Business Filing Deadlines & Ongoing Requirements
What a business in Greensboro keeps doing after it opens: recurring filings, renewals and the events that trigger new obligations. Change the business details to fit yours.
Where Greensboro, NC filings and renewals are tracked
- File Guilford County business personal property return · Guilford County Tax Department (county)
- Annual reports: North Carolina Secretary of State
- Tax returns and payments: North Carolina Department of Revenue
- Unemployment insurance filings: North Carolina Division of Employment Security
Official sources: canons.sog.unc.edu
Renewals, filing triggers and recurring deadlines in Greensboro
13 items in the example 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 Carolina) · every year · April 15 · North Carolina Secretary of State
- Register for and file North Carolina entity-level taxes · every year · North Carolina Department of Revenue
- File sales tax returns and remit tax (North Carolina) · every month · Monthly, quarterly or annually as assigned by the state · North Carolina Department of Revenue
- File wage reports and pay unemployment insurance contributions (North Carolina) · every quarter · North Carolina Division of Employment Security
- File the annual unclaimed property holder report (North Carolina) · every year · November 1 · North Carolina unclaimed property program
- Obtain food service establishment / health permit · every year · Guilford County health department (North Carolina)
- City/county business registration — Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina · every year · City or county: Greensboro / Guilford County
- File Guilford County business personal property return · every year · January 31 · Guilford County Tax Department
Filings triggered by an event
- Complete Form I-9 for each new hire: applies when Business has employees
- Report new hires to the North Carolina new hire directory: applies when 3 employees in North Carolina
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Common questions about Greensboro
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 Greensboro:
- Contractor licensing: North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors
- Real estate licensing: North Carolina Real Estate Commission
- Alcohol licensing: North Carolina ABC Commission
- Child care licensing: North Carolina DHHS, Division of Child Development and Early Education
- Health facility licensing: North Carolina DHHS, Division of Health Service Regulation
- File Guilford County business personal property return (Guilford County Tax Department, county)
In the example restaurant plan above, the licenses and permits are: North Carolina sales and use tax registration (North Carolina); Obtain food service establishment / health permit; Ensure certified food protection manager on staff; City/county business registration — Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Greensboro. Change the industry in the form to see yours.
Sources: canons.sog.unc.edu, sosnc.gov, ncdor.gov, des.nc.gov
In the example plan for Greensboro, requirements come from four levels. North Carolina 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 Carolina; File Annual Report (North Carolina); Register for and file North Carolina entity-level taxes; North Carolina sales and use tax registration (North Carolina)…
- County (2): Obtain food service establishment / health permit; File Guilford County business personal property return
- City (2): City/county business registration — Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Greensboro
Sources: canons.sog.unc.edu, sosnc.gov, ncdor.gov
- Register for unemployment insurance with North Carolina Division of Employment Security.
- Workers' compensation: North Carolina Industrial Commission. Required when: 3 employees
- Register to withhold North Carolina income tax from wages.
- The example plan adds these employer steps: Report new hires to the North Carolina new hire directory; Carry workers' compensation insurance (North Carolina); Display required federal labor law posters; Complete Form I-9 for each new hire; Display required North Carolina workplace notices.
Sources: des.nc.gov, labor.nc.gov, ncdor.gov