Guide to Starting a Business in Minnesota

Our Guide to Starting a Business in Minnesota provides a concise summary discussion of major issues, questions and concerns that are most commonly raised by those contemplating a business startup.

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*Important notice: At the time of publishing the print version of the Guide all the information was current. 

The following updated information has been included in the electronic versions of the Guide available for download and on CD. This information was not able to be included in the print version.

The new Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Jobs Creation Act of 2010 was signed into law on December 17, 2010.

The law extends the 2010 individual income tax rates through 2012. (See the Guide page 18, Federal Income Tax Rates.)

The law also provides for a reduction in the employee's share of Social Security portion of FICA taxes from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent through 2011. The employer's share remains at 6.2 percent. (See the Guide pages 252-253, FICA Tax.)