Walking through the streets, we periodically stumble upon large and small trays that offer our customers fruits and vegetables, various small things, ice cream and flowers, newspapers and magazines. Surely each of you has seen small chaotic markets where you can buy fresh berries and herbs. Their summer residents sell them, which guarantees the naturalness of these products. But few people know that you first need to take permission to trade on the street. What is it and how to get it, we’ll talk today.
Why authorities control street trading
In fact, the authorized bodies have enough reasons to dislike spontaneous markets. This is due to frequent violations of sanitary and epidemiological standards. Large congestion of trays is difficult to control, such markets can reach quite large sizes, which means that the risk of fires and accidents on the roads increases.
Not only the city administration, but also entrepreneurs who act in accordance with the law, also have a negative attitude towards such sellers who set up tents right under the windows of their establishments. This reduces the influx of visitors, and ultimately affects profits and treasury by reducing incoming taxes.
Who is authorized to oversee
There are special bodies that can check street stalls for compliance with their law. These events are planned or spontaneously organized, so it is very difficult to predict the date. The main inspection bodies are:
- SES (Rospotrebnadzor).
- Local administration.
- Tax service.
- Police.
Each of them has its own claims to the entrepreneur. The SES and the police note violations of the rules of the trade, and the tax service will punish if it detects the lack of registration and tax evasion.
Who needs a similar document
First of all, we recall summer residents with radishes and strawberries, as well as grandmothers who are sitting with newspapers and magazines. But this is not the only audience. Permission to trade on the street will also be required for those who are formally on the premises. These are small prefabricated stalls that are installed without a foundation. By law, these are also street stalls. In addition, a similar document will be required for a catering establishment if its owner wants to establish summer tables nearby. As you can see, the audience is quite vast, so the topic is relevant for many.
Business plan
Do not forget that a private person will not be able to receive the relevant documents. Therefore, when you see summer residents who sell products from their garden, you can be sure that they do it without any control. Obtaining permission to trade on the street can only be officially registered entrepreneur. There is one more nuance: the city administration itself determines the places for trade. If your chosen stop does not go according to plans, then it is impossible to get documents, and work without them is fraught with fines.
The order of placement of objects of trade
Since we started talking about the distribution of places for carrying out commercial activities, then let's dwell on this issue in more detail. Permission to trade on the street is easiest to obtain if you are set up on the territory of municipal markets. In this case, you just need to contact the local administration to obtain the appropriate document. By purchasing it, you can immediately install the tray and carry out commercial activities. The only thing that is required of you is to regularly pay the administration “for a place”.
But there are other options. It is logical to assume that street trading in the market takes place in the face of fierce competition. In a more favorable position will be merchants already owning land, the purpose of which allows its use for trade.
If your site is not, then you can contact the owner of the selected. This may be the administration or private owner. You will need to discuss the conditions and conclude a lease agreement for a tent or tray.
Choose products
Street trading is a certain risk group, since the conditions do not imply full compliance with sanitary norms and rules. This means that if you want to trade in food, the city administration will certainly organize a check and close your company if violations are discovered. There is one caveat. Summer residents who sell greens in the morning, usually do not touch. Although if they gather a lot together, the police can disperse them for one day, but without applying penalties. Another thing is a covered tray in the middle of the city, which sells cakes, pastries or something similar.
Responsibility for breaking the law
If an entrepreneur believes that he can take any product, settle down in a convenient place and conduct commercial activities at his pleasure, then soon he will be greatly disappointed. If the seller is not registered as a legal entity or individual entrepreneur, he risks a fine of 2 thousand rubles. The punishment will be much more severe if the sold product is of inadequate quality.
- For an individual - 2 thousand rubles
- For officials - 10 thousand rubles.
- For unregistered entrepreneurs - 20 thousand rubles.
- For legal entities - 30 thousand rubles.
Trading in the wrong place is subject to a fine of 1.5 thousand rubles. for the first time. If the violation is repeated, or the entrepreneur wants to open pavilions for trade without permission, then the punishment may be more severe.
No problem with the law
To sleep peacefully and not have trouble in the future, you need to know certain rules. Trading on the street without permission can bring income for some time, but if it comes to a serious check, you can lose much more. So, first of all, you need to register with the local tax service as an individual entrepreneur or LLC. Right now you have to choose a mode for work . For a start-up, small business, a simplified system and a single tax are best suited. You can be told more about them directly in authorized bodies; today we will not dwell on these subtleties.
The use of labor of employees
The second point to decide is whether you will directly engage in trade or hire sellers for this. The second option requires registration with the Pension Fund and the Social Insurance Fund. When the issue is resolved with these documents, we can go further. Since obtaining permission is not difficult at all, it is better to go through the whole procedure to the end. In this case, there will be less problems in the future.
So, the next step is to go to the local government. In another way it is called the department of commerce. Together with the application of the established form, it is necessary to provide a full package of documents. Typically, you will need:
- Plan or map of the location of the outlet
- Copy of registration certificate in the form of LLC or IP.
- Document on registration with the tax service.
- Copy of identity document.
- Certificate of the absence of unpaid taxes.
Decision making will depend on the location chosen. The city has certain areas where pavilions for trade are not located, and this will have to be reckoned with. Within 10 days, the commission considers the submitted package of documents, after which it issues its verdict. Permission is issued for a certain period, and in case of refusal you have the opportunity to provide the package for verification again.
Getting to work
So, all the documents are collected, it remains to equip the place and get to work. Now once again we return to what you will trade. Remember that SES also often arranges raids in the city and looks for violators. Therefore, if you plan to sell food through a street counter, you will need a sanitary book and mandatory compliance with all standards. If there is meat or fish among the products sold, then be prepared for the fact that they will also require a veterinary certificate confirming the quality of the products. In general, product trading is one of the most difficult areas. It is necessary to understand it in detail so as not to earn heavy fines.
How much is a patent
Not more expensive than your peace of mind and security. In fact, it is difficult to say in advance how much you will have to pay for paperwork. Everything will depend on the policies of the city authorities, the scale of your business and the tax system chosen. In certain areas specially designated for such activities, even the rental of a plot may be free. The main thing is compliance with sanitary standards.
Registration with the tax authorities is also not a very expensive procedure. You will need to make copies of documents, attach an application and pay a fee that does not exceed 400 rubles. If you decide to use the services of special organizations that independently prepare for you the whole package of documents for starting and running a business, then the prices can be different. The easiest way is to first call some of them and find out how much the patent costs. Then on hand will already be specific numbers. Or is it more convenient to conduct business in the CSS? It is better to ask an accountant about this.
Basic requirements of Rospotrebnadzor
If you plan to sell flowers, glasses or souvenirs, then you can safely skip this item. However, most often it occurs to entrepreneurs to make money on what people want to eat and drink. This is really a profitable business, but you need to carefully consider the equipment of the workplace so that there are no comments from the inspection bodies. Of course, every seller should have a health book. This is not even negotiable.
- The sale of perishable products without refrigeration equipment is unacceptable. Therefore, the sale of fish and meat, milk and other similar products on the street in the summer heat is simply prohibited.
- Storage of returnable containers at the place of work and adjacent territory is not allowed. It needs to be taken out regularly.
- The trading table should be kept perfectly clean. The entrepreneur or seller himself must come to the workplace in neat overalls, wear a hat and have a breastplate.
- In tents and grocery stores it is permissible to trade a combined assortment of goods, but only if the area allows each group to be placed on a separate shelf. In addition, if the sale is carried out by one seller, then all products, including bread, must be in their original packaging.
- Hot finished products (pies, white meat, meatballs) must be dispensed from isothermal containers.
- The temperature at the workplace in the summer can not be higher than +26, and in winter below -18 degrees.
Instead of a conclusion
Running your own business is a tempting idea that haunts many people today. If you decide to try and start with street trading, first get acquainted with the material presented in our article. This will avoid mistakes at the start and lay a solid foundation for your future. Many retail chains, giants, began with street stalls, gradually growing as regular customers recruit and demand for the products offered.