Get your District of Columbia reseller permit
A District of Columbia reseller permit is issued by the DC Office of Tax and Revenue and the state charges nothing for it. FastBusinessFiling completes and files the registration for a flat $50, so the total is $50. Verified on August 4, 2026.
Source: DC Office of Tax and Revenue. Checked August 4, 2026.
Filed in a day. One flat price. Nothing you didn't ask for.
Filed within one business day
One tier, one speed, every order. There is no rush fee here because there is no slow lane to buy your way out of.
A specialist reads every filing
Prepared and checked before it is filed. If your name or address will not clear the state, you hear from us before it goes in.
Registered agent at $99, only if you want one
Optional, and it sits beside a free option to name yourself. Most people never need to buy it.
One price, and nothing starts on its own
$100 to form, $50 flat for every filing after. The only thing that can renew is a registered agent you chose, at the price you chose it for. No tiers, no trial that turns into a charge.
What does a District of Columbia reseller permit cost in total?
Nothing from the DC Office of Tax and Revenue, plus our $50 to file the registration: $50 in total.
- District of Columbia government fee
- None
- Our service fee
- $50 flat
- Total through us
- $50
- Issued by
- DC Office of Tax and Revenue
- Prepared and submitted
- Within one business day
- Renewals or subscriptions
- None
Does a District of Columbia reseller permit protect your personal assets?
No. A permit registers you for sales tax; it does not put anything between your business and your personal assets. If that matters to you, forming an LLC in District of Columbia costs $99 in state fees plus our $100.
What else does District of Columbia require of an LLC?
District of Columbia requires an annual report ($300 to the state) and a registered agent at all times, plus sales tax registration if you sell taxable goods.
Annual report
$300 to the state. Biennial report. The first is due April 1 of the year after formation, then every 2 years. More on District of Columbia annual reports.
Registered agent
Every District of Columbia LLC has to name one. It can be you at no cost if you have a street address in the state. Ours is $99 a year and optional, with no first year that quietly becomes a renewal.
Trade name, if you use one
$55 to the state, plus our $50. Trade name registration lasts 2 years.
What else do people ask about District of Columbia reseller permits?
The DC Office of Tax and Revenue charges nothing for the registration itself. Our fee to complete and file it is $50.
Usually not. A reseller permit registers you with the DC Office of Tax and Revenue to collect and remit sales tax and to buy inventory for resale without paying tax on it. A business license is a separate permission to operate, often issued by a city or county. A few states fold both into one application; most do not.
You register where you have nexus, which is a tax question about where your business has enough presence or sales to owe the state something. Physical presence in District of Columbia creates it; so can crossing a sales threshold from out of state. That is a question for your accountant, not for us. Most sellers start with their home state and add others as they grow.
Other District of Columbia filings
What other states charge
Government fees on this page are paid to the DC Office of Tax and Revenue. Fees are taken from each state's official fee schedule, last checked August 4, 2026. States change them without much warning, and your exact total is recalculated at checkout from the same table. FastBusinessFiling is a filing service, not a law firm or an accounting firm, and does not give legal or tax advice. You can file any of this yourself directly with District of Columbia.
