1. You can apply for a business license when the residential area is allowed to change to a business or when the residential area is a commercial and residential building;
2. However, if the residential area is only used for living, it is not allowed to apply for a business license. Without a business license, industrial and commercial enterprises or individual operators are not allowed to start business, and they are not allowed to carve official seals, sign contracts, register trademarks or advertise, and banks are not allowed to open accounts.
The process of handling the business license:
1. A copy of the store real estate license should be prepared;
2. Copy several ID cards and several one-inch photos;
3. Go to the local industrial and commercial office to apply for a form to apply for an industrial and commercial business license;
4. Go to the tax office to get a tax registration certificate, and now it seems that you still have to get an industry code certificate, which is in the quality inspection bureau;
5. Apply for an invoice after obtaining the tax registration certificate;
6. The cost and time will vary according to the time in different places.
documents for handling business license:
1. To handle individual business license, you need to bring your original and photocopy of identity certificate and photocopy of real estate license;
2. If it is a rented facade, the original and a copy of the house lease contract are required;
3. If the business premises are residential, it is necessary to provide the consent certificate of interested owners;
4. Bring an application for registration;
5. One recent one-inch bareheaded photo.
to sum up, whether it is possible to apply for a business license to open a shop in a residential area depends on the situation. When the residential area is allowed to change to a business or the residential area is a commercial and residential dual-use house, it is possible to apply for a business license; However, if the residential area can only be used for living, it is not allowed to apply for a business license. Without a business license, industrial and commercial enterprises or individual operators are not allowed to start business, and they are not allowed to engrave official seals, sign contracts, register trademarks or advertise, and banks are not allowed to open accounts.
Legal basis:
Article 8 of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Registration of Market Entities
General registration items of market entities include:
(1) Name;
(2) main body type;
(3) business scope;
(4) domicile or main business place;
(5) registered capital or contribution;
(6) the name of the legal representative, executive partner or person in charge.
in addition to the provisions in the preceding paragraph, the following items shall be registered according to the types of market entities:
(1) the names of shareholders of a limited liability company, promoters of a joint stock limited company and investors of an unincorporated enterprise as a legal person;
(2) the name and domicile of the investor of the sole proprietorship enterprise;
(3) the names, domiciles and ways of assuming responsibilities of the partners of the partnership;
(4) the name, domicile and business premises of the operators of individual industrial and commercial households;
(5) Other matters stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.