There are a number of categories listed under “Opening a Business”

• Business Tools
• Better Business Bureau
• Arlington Technology Incubator
• City of Arlington Economic Development
• City Incentives

Other resources (Local)

• -D/FW Minority Business Development Council
• -North Texas Women’s Business Council
• -North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency
• Other resources (State)
• -State of Texas www.state.tx.us
• -Comptroller of Public Accounts www.cpa.state.tx.us
• -Office of the Governor www.governor.state.tx.us
• -Texas Department of Economic Development www.tded.state.tx.us
• -Texas General Services Commission www.gsc.state.tx.us
• -Texas House of Representatives www.house.state.tx.us
• -Texas Secretary of State www.sos.state.tx.us
• -Texas Senate www.senate.state.tx.us
• -Texas Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce www.tabcc.org
• Other resources (Federal)
• -Bureau of the Census www.census.gov
• -Occupational Safety and Health Administration www.osha.gov
• -U.S. Dept. of Commerce www.doc.gov
• -U.S. Dept. of Labor www.dol.gov
• -U.S. Small Business Administration www.sba.gov
• -U.S. Chamber of Commerce www.uschamber.org

Merchant Services

• Accept Visa & Mastercard MerchantProcessors.com
• Services for Growing Cannabis Industry MMJ Payments
• Location, Timeshare and Travel Sevices Travel Payments
• High Risk Merchant Services from The Experts HighRiskExperts.com
• 2nd Amendment Friendly Processor FireArmsMerchants.com

Business Funding

• Merchant Funding and Positions from Advantage.
• Working Capital and Funding from MerchantCashAdvance.co.
• Low Credit Business Funding Options Golden Pear.

Workforce

• County-Tarrant County http://www.workforcesolutions.net
• State-Texas Workforce Commission http://www.twc.state.tx.us

Permit

Certificates of Occupancy (link to City Building Inspections Office at http://www.arlingtontx.gov/build/codesandordinances.html
Health Inspection Permits (link to Environmental Services webpage at http://www.arlingtontx.gov/health/applications.html
Register a Business Name (link to Tarrant County Clerk at www.tarrantcounty.com
-Register an Assumed Name and what are associated with this?
-Assumed Name Reads
-Assumed Name Certificates
Home Based Business
Permit Application (link to City’s Building Inspection’s application at http://www.arlingtontx.gov/business/pdf/homebasedbusinessapplication.pdf

Tax Information

Sales Tax (link to State Controller’s Office at http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/sales/questions.html
Property Tax (link to Tarrant Appraisal District at http://www.tad.org/Default.aspx