Get your Iowa reseller permit
A Iowa reseller permit is issued by the Iowa Department of Revenue and the state charges nothing for it. FastBusinessFiling prepares the application and mails it to the Iowa Department of Revenue for a flat $50, so the total is $50. Checked October 18, 2026, on the official site of the Iowa Department of Revenue.
Source: Iowa Department of Revenue. Checked October 18, 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 Iowa reseller permit cost in total?
Nothing from the Iowa Department of Revenue, plus our $50 to file the registration: $50 in total.
- Iowa government fee
- None
- Our service fee
- $50 flat
- Total through us
- $50
- Issued by
- Iowa Department of Revenue
- Prepared and mailed to the state
- Within one business day of your order
- Renewals or subscriptions
- None
How does a Iowa permit work through us?
- We take this permit only for a business with an EIN that applies as an entity, not for a sole proprietor applying with a Social Security number.
- We prepare your application within one business day of your order and email it to you to sign by hand. We send it to the state once you mail the signed original back.
- These permits are free of charge.
- The application is the Iowa Business Tax Permit Registration (78-005).
- The Department no longer reinstates business tax permits. A business must apply for a new permit.
- If the agency will not accept an application that we file for you, you get everything back. Refund policy
Does a Iowa 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 Iowa costs $50 in state fees plus our $100.
What else does Iowa require of an LLC?
Iowa requires an annual report ($30 to the state) and a registered agent at all times, plus sales tax registration if you sell taxable goods.
Annual report
$30 to the state. Iowa requires a biennial report from LLCs in odd numbered years, between January 1 and April 1. More on Iowa annual reports.
Registered agent
Every Iowa 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
$5 to the state, plus our $50.
What else do people ask about Iowa reseller permits?
The Iowa Department of 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 Iowa Department of 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 Iowa 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.
A business with an EIN that applies as an entity. We do not file the Iowa application for a sole proprietor applying with a Social Security number, and we never ask for one.
No. The Department no longer reinstates business tax permits. A business must apply for a new permit.
If the agency will not accept an application that we file for you, you get everything back. See our refund policy.
Other Iowa filings
What other states charge
Government fees on this page are paid to the Iowa Department of Revenue. Checked October 18, 2026, on the official site of the Iowa Department of Revenue. 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 Iowa.
