Update Your Business Registration Certificate and/or Registry Account

If your business registration information has changed since you last updated your

New Jersey Tax/Employer ID

or your public business registry account, you must report those changes to the New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES).

Depending on the type of changes, this may include updating your business charter or obtaining a new

Business Registration Certificate (BRC)

.

Update Your Tax and Employer Information

Use the DORES’ online Registry Change Service to make the following changes to your tax and employer information:

• A change in your business location and/or mailing address
• A change to your business's state tax or employer payroll responsibilities
• A change in your business’s operational months
• Authorization request to submit tax/employer payments via electronic funds transfer or update your saved payment information
• Report your business as the managerial member of a

  combined group

• Report a newly acquired

  Employer Identification Number (EIN)

  to update a temporary State Tax Identification Number (STIN)

Required Information

• Taxpayer ID

• PIN

• EIN

Update Your Business Registration

Use the amended Business Registration Application (p.17-19) to report the following business registration changes:

• Business has expanded to an additional location
• A registered trade or alternate name
• A change of ownership (General Partnerships or Sole Proprietorships), officers (Corporations), or members (Limited Liability Companies)

Required Information

• EIN

  (“FEIN” in the form)
• Reason for amendment
• Trade name
• NJ business code
• Town code

• NAICS code

• Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code

• Date of incorporation

Update Your Business Charter

Use the online Business Charter Amendment Service to file changes and amendments to your business charter, such as:

• Filing an amendment or alternate business name
• Filing a business name reservation
• Filing a merger or consolidation

You need to make these changes if your business is a Corporation, Limited Partnership (LP), Limited Liability Company (LLC), or Limited Liability Partnership (LLP).

Obtain a New Business Registration Certificate (BRC)

If you have updated your business registry account(s) with a new trade or alternate name, or a new business location, you need to obtain a new

BRC

for public contracting purposes.

Use the online BRC Service to download an updated BRC.