SolutionHub provides bookkeeping, tax and business formation services for small businesses, individuals and foreign-owned companies.
Office
114 Essex St, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662NJ Business Registration
Forming a company does not register it for New Jersey taxes; Form NJ-REG does, and its answers decide which returns the state will expect from you.
Registering your business with New Jersey
Forming an LLC or corporation creates the company. It does not register it for taxes. In New Jersey that is a separate step: Form NJ-REG, the state’s tax and employer registration. NJ-REG sets up your New Jersey taxpayer account, your sales tax permit if you sell taxable goods or services, and your payroll accounts if you have employees. Once it is filed, you can download your NJ business registration certificate.
New Jersey’s Getting Registered page says all individuals and companies doing business in the state must be registered, and the state’s Starting a Business in New Jersey guide asks new businesses to register at least 15 business days before opening. In practice, many owners only discover NJ-REG when a supplier asks for a resale certificate, a public agency asks for their BRC, or the first payroll is due.
We file NJ-REG as part of our business formation services, right after the company is formed and the EIN is issued, or on its own for a business that is already running.
What our NJ business registration service includes
Form NJ-REG: tax and employer registration
We prepare and file Form NJ-REG online with the right business activity, tax types and start dates. The answers decide which returns New Jersey will expect from you, so a careless registration can leave you with filing obligations you don’t need or missing ones you do. You receive a 12-digit New Jersey taxpayer ID that follows your federal EIN.
Sales tax Certificate of Authority
In general, every New Jersey business selling taxable goods or services must collect and remit New Jersey sales tax. When NJ-REG shows that you will collect sales tax, New Jersey issues a Certificate of Authority for Sales Tax, your seller permit. It lets you collect sales tax and issue and accept exemption certificates, and it must be displayed at your place of business. We set up your sales tax filing frequency and add the returns to your calendar. For where NJ-REG fits among the other start-up steps, see how to start an LLC in New Jersey.
Who needs a Business Registration Certificate
Every business that operates in New Jersey registers through NJ-REG. The certificate itself, often called the BRC, is required in specific cases listed on the Division of Revenue’s Business Registration Certificate page:
- Contractors and subcontractors doing business with the State of New Jersey and other public agencies, including local governments, colleges and school boards. Very small contracts below the agency’s threshold can be exempt.
- Businesses seeking a license with the Casino Control Commission.
- Businesses applying for state grants or tax credits.
- Unincorporated construction contractors working in New Jersey.
Companies formed outside New Jersey, for example a Delaware or Wyoming LLC, must have authority to operate in New Jersey before filing NJ-REG.
Updates and changes
If your business adds a new tax type, changes its name, address or officers, or changes its activity, the registration must be updated. A change of ownership, a merger or a new location calls for a new NJ-REG. We handle those filings when they come up.
Formation, registration and then compliance
Business registration sits in the middle of a short chain. First, form your New Jersey LLC or other entity and get the EIN. Then register through NJ-REG. After that, the recurring work begins: NJ sales tax returns, payroll filings if you have employees, the yearly NJ annual report, and books that hold everything together.
Most of our registration clients are small businesses in New Jersey such as shops, restaurants and contractors, and many keep us on for monthly bookkeeping once the registration is done.
Our fee is quoted individually before we start. Book a free consultation and we will tell you exactly which New Jersey registrations your business needs.
NJ Business Registration
We register your business with New Jersey for taxes and employers through Form NJ-REG, so you can collect sales tax, hire and take public contracts from day one.
What the registration covers
Form NJ-REG filed correctly
The right tax types, start dates and business activity on your state registration.
Sales tax Certificate of Authority
Registered to collect NJ sales tax, with your seller permit ready to display.
Business Registration Certificate
Your BRC for public contracts, state grants and tax credits.
Sales tax returns after that
Once you are registered, we can file your NJ sales tax returns on schedule.
Key facts
New Jersey registration rules
On display
Certificate of Authority for Sales Tax
On display
Issued when NJ-REG shows you will collect sales tax, and it must be displayed at your place of business.
BRC
Needed for public contracts
BRC
Also for Casino Control Commission licenses, state grants and tax credits, and unincorporated construction contractors.
New NJ-REG
After an ownership change, merger or new location
New NJ-REG
Smaller changes, such as a new address, officers or tax type, are updates to the existing registration.
How it works
Registered with New Jersey in four steps
Step01
Free call
We go through your business activity and start date.
Step02
NJ-REG filed
Tax types, activity and start dates entered correctly.
Step03
Certificates issued
Taxpayer ID, BRC and sales tax certificate where due.
Step04
Sales tax calendar
Filing frequency set and returns put on the calendar.
Why NJ owners register with SolutionHub
Fixed, transparent price
You know the fee before we file, together with any state fees.
Local to New Jersey
Our office is in Rochelle Park, and we file NJ registrations and returns every month.
Same-day response
Questions about a state letter or registration are answered the same business day.
Registration to returns
The same team files your sales tax returns, payroll filings and business taxes later.
Frequently asked questions
A Business Registration Certificate (BRC) is proof from the New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services that your business is registered with the state. You can get it after your tax and employer registration on Form NJ-REG is complete. It is required mainly for public contracts, casino licensing, state grants and tax credits.
Yes, in most cases. New Jersey says all individuals and companies doing business in the state must be registered, including businesses that withhold payroll taxes, contract with public agencies or collect sales tax. Corporations and LLCs first form or register the entity, then file Form NJ-REG for tax and employer purposes.
No. The certificate itself is required only for businesses that work with public agencies, the casino industry, or that apply for state grants and tax credits, plus unincorporated construction contractors. But the underlying NJ-REG tax registration applies to every business operating in New Jersey.
When you file Form NJ-REG and indicate that you will collect sales tax, New Jersey issues a Certificate of Authority for Sales Tax. It is your permit to collect sales tax and to issue and accept exemption certificates, and it must be displayed at your place of business.
New Jersey asks businesses to register at least 15 business days before opening, so the state can send the forms and information needed to comply with its tax laws. If you have already started operating without registering, register as soon as possible and keep records of all sales since opening.
The certificate reflects your registration status with the Division of Revenue. If your business details change, such as a new name, address, ownership or business activity, the registration must be updated, and a change of ownership or a new location requires a new NJ-REG. We keep these updates on your compliance calendar.
Resale and exemption certificates are available on request. Once you hold a Certificate of Authority, you can issue a resale certificate to your suppliers when buying goods you will resell, so you don't pay sales tax on that inventory.