Oklahoma

If I operate my business under the new cottage law in the state of Oklahoma and sell baked goods from my house (I do not sell fresh fruit and my annual revenue is less than $20,000), am I need to obtain some form of business license or permit for the purposes of paying taxes? Do I need to declare anything to the government for my taxes? Elden Ring

Yes, fudge is definitely a shelf stable food! I sell it with my business and it never needs refrigeration. You don’t need to take the food handlers course to sell it in OK.

Stephanie, the law page only gives an overview, but it’s best to read the law yourself: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2013-14%20ENR/hB/HB1094%20ENR.PDF

Most of the things you’re trying to confirm are correct, so I’ll only point out deviations. The allowed foods list give a general overview: it is not intended to be comprehensive, but…[Read more]

From what I’ve heard, it’s supposed to be at your home, and pickup only. For what it’s worth, many many CFOs run businesses from their homes across the country, and I’ve never heard of there being a problem. Custom cake makers, especially, have to do things from home because they can’t sell at places like farmers markets. Usually, although the…[Read more]

Can you deliver? Or is it pick up only?

I don’t know why they would say only at your home. That can be very dangerous! I really don’t want strangers at my house and aroumd my kids. Seems like it would be ok to meet at a public place. Too many bad things could happen meeting at your home. Heard to many bad stories with Craigslist.

Oklahoma only allows baked goods under their cottage food law. Therefore, you’d need to use a commercial kitchen to run your business. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial

From what I have heard about OK, sales may only be made at your home. That makes the law very restrictive and it’s an unfortunate interpretation, as that info isn’t actually built into the law itself. However, I would say that it wouldn’t exclude you from making a sale at home (like a cake), and then delivering it on event day. But I don’t think…[Read more]

Are you selling your chocolates? Oklahoma only allows certain homemade baked goods to be sold, so yes, selling homemade candy in OK would be illegal. If you buy chocolate from the store and then use it to make something different, then you need to be using a commercial kitchen to be doing that. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial

I believe you can’t sell dry or prepared tea without a commercial license. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial

No… everything you sell must be baked.

You definitely need to pay income taxes and you don’t need an LLC or tax ID. You may or may not need to get a business license — call up your planning division to find out. If you do not need to get a business license, then the state will classify you as a sole proprietorship by default.