Some advice from a bookkeeper and a sewing business as a vendor at craft shows. Keep your name for the business so you don't have people giving you checks in other than your name. If the checks are in the business name then you have to open a different account for the business name. I have my sales tax license in my name and use my own bank account and if you want another name for the business you pout your name and the DBA ( which means ) doing business as and then the name as (EAST HILL QUILT STUDIO) THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR TAX REPORTS. USE YOUR NAME AND YOUR SS # AS A SOLE PROPRITOR.THESE things are important.