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The Sole Proprietorship is the simplest business form under which one can operate a business. The Sole Proprietorship is not a legal entity. It simply refers to a person who owns the business and is personally responsible for its debts.

After doing so, you'll want to research any local requirements, those enforced by the county or city where you're doing business. Good news, Kentucky doesn't require a ?general? business license at the state-level for Sole Proprietors. So there's nothing to do for this step.

You're automatically considered to be a sole proprietorship if you do business activities but don't register as any other kind of business. Sole proprietorships do not produce a separate business entity. This means your business assets and liabilities are not separate from your personal assets and liabilities.

A sole proprietorship is a non-registered, unincorporated business run solely by one individual proprietor with no distinction between the business and the owner. The owner of a sole proprietorship is entitled to all profits but is also responsible for the business's debts, losses, and liabilities.

Single proprietors include professional people, service providers, and retailers who are "in business for themselves." Although a sole proprietorship is not a separate legal entity from its owner, it is a separate entity for accounting purposes.

A single member LLC is required by law to file a Kentucky Single Member LLC Individually Owned Income and LLET Return (Form 725) or; if eligible, a Kentucky Single Member LLC Individually Owned LLET Return (Form 725-EZ). Forms and instructions are available at all Kentucky Taxpayer Service Centers (see page 17).