NORTHWEST TARRANT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DFW Minority Business Council
www.dfwmbdc.com/
Click here for
Free On-line SBA Training Courses
including topics such as
Growth Strategies
Promoting your business
Fort Worth Better Business Bureau
www.fortworth.bbb.org/
Fort Worth Business Assistance Center
www.fwbac.com
Fort Worth Economic Development Center
www. fwedc.org
Fort Worth Women's Business Center
www.fwwbc.org
North Texas Small Business Development Council
www.ntsbdc.org
SCORE
www.scorefortworth.org
Business License
Tarrant County Clerk's Office
http://www.co.tarrant.tx.us
817/884-1064
Corporations
Articles of Incorporation
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/
Demographics
North Central Texas Regional Council of Government
http://www.dfwinfo.com/ris/topics.html
817/640-3300
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
http://www.fortworthcoc.org
817/336-2491
North Central Texas Council of Governments
http://www.nctcog.dst.tx.us/
817/640-3300
Texas Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/txdot.htm
817/370-5600
Employees
Occupational Safety & Health Admin. (OSHA)
http://www.osha.gov
817/428-2470
Minimum Wage/Records
http://www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-employers.htm
817/861-2150
Unemployment Tax
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/
817/335-5111
Licenses and Permits
State Licenses & Permits
http://www.state.tx.us/category.jsp?language=eng&categoryId=9
800/888-0511
Tarrant County Health Department
http://www.tarrantcounty.com/publichealth/site/default.asp
817/871-7200
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/default.htm
817/451-9466
Certificate of Occupancy, Building Permits
Fort Worth:
http://www.fortworthgov.org/Development/permit/Permit.asp
817/871-7851
Lake Worth:
http://www.lakeworthtx.org/permits.htm
(817) 237-1211
Miscellaneous
Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org
817/332-7585
Women in New Roles
http://www.tccd.edu/win-r
817-515-6985
Taxes
Federal Taxes
http://www.irs.gov
800/829-1040
State Sales Tax
http://www.cpa.state.tx.us
800/252-5555
Employment Taxes
http://www.ssa.gov/employer1.htm
Self Employment
http://www.ssa.gov/selfemployed.htm
Unemployment Taxes
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/
Business Continuity
Open for Business-A Disaster Planning Toolkit
http://www.ibhs.org/docs/OpenForBusiness.pdf
Please note: This is a 47 page PDF file and will take a little time to download.