Registering a Business in Maryland is Easier Than Ever
27 August 2014 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Foreign LLC and Foreign Corporation Business
Filings Now Accepted
The State of Maryland recently released an updated version of
the popular Central Business Licensing and Registration Portal
(CBL), offering new features as well as improvements to existing
functionality. Maryland’s CBL Portal was initially launched in
early 2013 as part of Governor O’Malley’s Maryland Made Easy
initiative to make conducting business in Maryland easier. The CBL
Portal is a virtual “one-stop shop” where business owners can
register a new business, create legal entities, file trade names
and establish state tax accounts. The CBL Portal is available
through the State’s official website, www.maryland.gov or through
the Maryland Made Easy website, www.easy.maryland.gov.
New features on the site include the ability to file Foreign
Limited Liability and Foreign Corporation (Non-Maryland) business
filings, the ability to order certified copies, and other updates
to streamline the user workflow for faster filing. The next
release, scheduled for early 2015 will offer businesses the ability
to submit their annual business personal property filing with the
State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
“Thousands of Maryland entrepreneurs use the Central Business
Licensing and Registration Portal to register their company online
every day – the portal is truly a 'one-stop shop' for conducting
business in Maryland,” said Governor Martin O’Malley. “We’ve
simplified the registration process to ensure that entrepreneurs
can spend more time growing and running their businesses and less
time sifting through paperwork.”
Customers who use the CBL Portal are not required to know which
specific agencies they must interface with to successfully complete
the process for starting a new business. Entrepreneurs are now
empowered to more quickly establish new businesses through the CBL
Portal, while avoiding the hassle of submitting redundant
applications in-person, at multiple agencies. Through CBL, business
owners register their business in a simple 4-step process and
receive an electronic notification when their filing(s) have been
approved or denied. To date, more than 40 percent of sole
proprietorship and general partnerships are filed through the
system and are approved in less than two business days.
Entrepreneurs on the go are taking advantage of the online
application’s responsive design with nearly 15 percent of filings
being completed on a mobile device.
The Central Business Licensing and Registration Portal is a
collaborative effort between Governor O’Malley’s office, the
Department of Information Technology, the Maryland Department of
Business and Economic Development, the Comptroller of Maryland and
the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation. The CBL
Portal was developed at no charge for the State of Maryland by NIC
Maryland, through the self-funded eGovernment services contract
with the State Department of Information Technology (DoIT).
About NIC Maryland
NIC Maryland builds, operates, maintains, supports and markets
Maryland.gov and its eGovernment services. Maryland.gov is the
official website of the State of Maryland (http://www.maryland.gov)
and is a collaborative public/private partnership managed by the
Department of Information Technology (DoIT) and NIC Maryland. NIC
Maryland helps Maryland state and local government entities
web-enable their services and operates without tax funds through a
Self-funded eGovernment Services contract. NIC Maryland has
developed more than 28 eGov products and services for the State of
Maryland since the contract was awarded in August 2011.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading
provider of official government websites, online services, and
secure payment processing solutions. The company's innovative
eGovernment services help make government more accessible to
everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies provides
eGovernment solutions for more than 3,500 federal, state, and local
agencies in the United States. Forbes has named NIC as one of the
“100 Best Small Companies in America” five times, most recently
ranked at No.11 (2013), and the company has been included three
times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is
available at http://www.egov.com.
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