Legal Information

Legal Information

When you are starting your cottage food business, you need to consider many legal aspects. Do you need to register your business name? What about paying taxes on your income? How do you obtain insurance—and what type? LLC’s? So many things to think about before you even enter your kitchen to prepare your food items. Nebraska Extension has many helpful professionals that can help you wade through the legal aspects of starting your own business.

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Rural Prosperity Nebraska

Rural Prosperity Nebraska is an Extension resource that can offer you tools to start your cottage food business and be successful! They offer help with building an entrepreneurial support system for rural and urban cottage food producers alike and can help with opening doors for value-added ag producers seeking markets. They can provide tax and LLC information for starting your business. For help with your legal questions, check out the Rural Prosperity Nebraska website for professionals that can help you.

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