In CA, the state never requires a business license. The only ones that require a business license would be the county (if you're in an unincorporated area) or the city that you live in. I live in Murrieta, CA. The city requires a business license. It costs me $75 a year. They don't care if I sell merchandise or not. I have a business, I charge money, I need a business license. The county gets nothing because I live within the city limits. The only thing the state gets from me is the fee for my LLC. That is only a state function. That's $800 per year, but it's worth it to me in order to protect my other assets not related to this business. Your mileage may vary. Regards, Rob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC www.mccallpiano.com Murrieta, CA 951-698-1875 On Jul 17, 2010, at 10:26 , pianolover 88 wrote: > Piano tuners are NOT required to be licensed. A *business* license is usually mandated if you will be selling MERCHANDISE, not labor services, at least here in CA. There would be no other reason the state would require a business license, other than to make sure that you pay them the *sales tax* collected from clients, for merchandise sold. That money doesn't come out of your pocket anyway; only the customer's. In CA, you cannot charge tax for tuning, cleaning, pitch raising, regulation, etc., if only labor is involved. So if that is all you do, and do not sell merchandise, you don't need a business license, period. > > Terry Peterson > Accurate Piano Service > UniGeezer.com > "Over 50, and not "2" Tired!" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100717/291c7bc2/attachment.htm>
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