Mark Munz <mailto:[email protected]> wrote (Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:36 AM -0700):
>IMNAL, I just google a lot. Googling is fun, isn't it! >If you fill out a Trade Name Application, that approval seems to be >the way to give sole proprietors a business alias. > >http://www.azsos.gov/business_services/Forms/TNT/TN_apptn.pdf Been there, done that, got one 10 years ago. (Actually I have two, one for my consulting business and one for my software business.) >From my brief read on the internet, it looks similar to Texas' DBA >(Doing Business As) process for sole proprietors. When I lived in TX, >I was able to use my DBA to open a business bank account, etc. My >guess is Apple would accept it as well. A Trade Name Certification from the Arizona Secretary of State is exactly like a DBAs from other states. The *very* first thing I did was to FAX Apple my Trade Name Certification. The problem is that a DBA or Trade Name Certification is NOT on Apple's list of acceptable documents, running me head-first into a bureaucratic stone wall. James -- James Bucanek
