Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal. You may collect tax as soon as the application is in. Prepared food and drink is taxable at the 6% state rate plus the 1% local option tax where the city or county has adopted it; the Department issues no temporary permits.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 2 of 6: Register for tax
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Iowa Department of Revenue (GovConnectIowa).
Sources and dates
Department of Revenue business permit registration page. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Yes. Register online through GovConnectIowa before the first sale; sales and use tax and withholding each get their own permit number, and the permit letter arrives in the portal.
Iowa Department of Revenue (GovConnectIowa).
Step 2 of 6, register for tax. The steps before it: set up the business.
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