What every business owner should know…
Things to be done:
- Contact our City's
Community Development Department and make sure the zoning is correct
for your new business address. Every business must meet zoning
requirements to insure that it's business category and site are compatible,
before signing any leases or moving in the new location.
- Fictitious Business Name Filing (DBA),
click here.
- Articles of Incorporation, click
here.
- State Board of Equalization - Sales
Tax (Seller's) Permit, if required, click here.
- Federal Employer Identification Number,
if required, click here.
- Unemployment Insurance, if required,
click here.
- Health Permit, if required, click
here.
- Alcoholic Beverage Permit, if required,
click here.
- Contractor's State License, if required,
click here.
- Certificate of Occupancy - Contact
our City's Department of Building & Safety.
- Sign
Permit *- Contact our City's Department
Planning & Community Development.
- Complete and bring the Business
License Tax Application to the City Hall with a check, cashiers'
check, money order or cash. The business license representative will
calculate the cost based on the type of business and the number of
employees.
City Lawndale
Attn: Finance Dept.-Business License Div.
14717 Burin Avenue
Lawndale, CA 90260
After your business tax application has
been processed, you will be issued a receipt of business registration
(deposit only subject to approval). All business license/tax certificates
are issued for a calendar year and expire December 31st of each year.
OPERATING
A BUSINESS WITHOUT BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATE IS A MISDEMEANOR.
Miscellaneous info. and telephone numbers to help expedite your business
needs:
Business
License
The Lawndale Business Registration DOES NOT take the place of a Los
Angeles County Business License.
Click here
to download a copy of the Business License application.*
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City of Lawndale
Finance Department - Business License Division
14717 Burin Avenue
Lawndale, CA 90260
(310) 973-3246
Or
Los Angeles County Business
License
225 N. Hill Street, Room 109
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 974-2011, (213) 974-2555
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
Los
Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
Fictitious Name (DBA)
Business Filing and Registration Section, Room #1007
11701 S. La Cienega Blvd 6th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 727-6142
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Monday
- Friday)
If you conduct business under a name
other than your full legal name, you will need to file a Fictitious
Business name Statement with the County Clerk's Office to ensure that
no one else is using it. Once, cleared, the owner is required to print
it in a newspaper of a specified circulation, in the area in which the
business will be operated (DBA renewal every 5 years).
California
State Board of Equalization
Seller's Permits and Sales Tax - Culver
City Office
5901 Green Valley Circle, 2nd Floor
Culver City, CA 90230
(310) 342-1000
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
If you sell almost any product and some
services in the State of California, you must apply for a Seller's Permit
and pay sales tax. The Seller's Permit allows the Board of Equalization
to keep track of your taxable sales.
Federal
Employer ID Number
Internal Revenue Service
(800) 829-1040 Federal Tax
(800) 829-4477 Tele Tax
(800) 829-3676 Tax Forms
A new business will need to obtain a
Federal Employer ID number, if a partnership, a corporation, or if any
employees are hired. A Federal ID Tax Number is not need, if the business
has no employees, and is organized as a sole proprietorship. The proprietor's
social security number is used to identify the business.
For information regarding employee withholdings,
self-employment tax, sole proprietorship, partnership and corporation
taxes contact the IRS.
State Income Tax
California Franchise Tax Board
(800) 852-5711
Employment
Development Department
(800) 300-5616
Employment
Tax Information Call Center
Long Beach Employment Tax Office
4300 Long Beach Blvd., Suite 700A
Long Beach, CA 90807
(888) 745-3886
Santa
Fe Springs Employment Tax Office
10330 Pioneer Blvd., Suite 150
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
(888) 745-3886
There are two types of payroll taxes:
those withheld from employees' pay, and those paid by the employer.
Payroll taxes include withholding for Social Security (FICA) taxes,
for Medical, State Disability, and Unemployment. Contact your accountant
and /or call the California Employment Development Department.
Similar to Federal regulations, no State
Tax Number is required if the business has no employees and is a sole
proprietorship. Business income is included in the owner's personal
income tax forms.
Insurance
Employers must provide workers' compensation coverage to their employees.
State
Compensation Insurance Fund
900 Corporate Center Drive
Monterey Park, CA 91754
Policy (877) 405-4545
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
Department
of Alcoholic Beverage Control
1 Manchester Blvd., 6th Floor - Inglewood
Office
P.O. Box 6500
Inglewood, CA 90306
(310) 412-6311
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
Los
Angeles County Department of Health Services
Environmental Heath - Inglewood Office
123 W. Manchester Blvd., Room 224
Inglewood, CA 90301
(310) 419-5358
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
Department
of Corporations
Downtown Office
320 W. 4th Street, Suite 750
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 576-7500
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
U.
S. Custom Services - Relative to Import/Export
Los Angeles/Airport Area
11099 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 215-2618
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
State
The State of California issues licenses
& certificates to businesses (or operations of businesses) in certain
categories, and regulates professional and vocational standards.
State of California - Department of
Social Services
Community Care Licensing Division - Los
Angeles Northwest Child Care Regional Office
6167 Bristol Park Way, Suite 400
Culver City, CA 90230
(310) 337-4333
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
Contractor's
State License Board
(800) 321-2752
Better Business Bureau
3363 Linden Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90807
(562) 216-9242
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
State
of Calif. - Dept. of Consumer Affairs (State licensing for specific
types of businesses)
400 R Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(800) 344-9940
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
Secretary
of State (Incorporation procedures and information)
Downtown Office
300 S. Spring Street, Room 12513
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 897-3062
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
