How to Start a Sole Proprietorship in California - Start a Business in California Step by Step
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Looking for an easy step-by-step guide to show you exactly how to start your business simply in the state of California as a sole proprietor? I'm sharing the website where you can check your city/county-specific requirements and discussing each step of the process to get your business up and running.
Start here: www.calgold.ca.gov/
0:00 Intro
0:16 What is a sole proprietorship?
0:54 Do I have to file anything?
1:19 Where do I start?
1:35 CHECK this site first!!
2:05 Obtain a business license
2:13 Decide on a business name
2:25 File a DBA if needed
2:41 Publish your DBA if needed
3:01 Obtain a seller's permit if needed
3:56 Obtain an EIN if needed/desired
4:32 Don't pay for an EIN
4:45 Open business bank accounts
5:30 Plan for taxes
6:13 Obtain business insurance
6:57 IM NOT IN CALIFORNIA... but I still want help....
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Info for other states: www.irs.gov/businesses/small-...
IRS - CA Small Business: www.irs.gov/businesses/small-...
IRS - Self employed tax center: www.irs.gov/businesses/small-...
IRS - Get you EIN - www.irs.gov/businesses/small-...
FTB Sole Proprietor: www.ftb.ca.gov/file/business/...
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Aww thanks.... It was definitley the opposite! I'm beat!! Photographed my first full wedding since the pandemic started yesterday - 100 degree heat and lugging tons of gear on me all day! 🤣 But glad to have them back!
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Thank you for the UA-cam updated video very much also.
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OMG, This a Godsend and right on time! I applied for my business license 2 weeks ago and received nothing but crickets.
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I can not thank you enough for this information. 🥰🥰🤗🤗🤗
I'm a crafter and plan on opening a shop once my business takes off for now I plan on doing farmers markets, swap meets etc. 😁
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Get on Etsy! Etsy was my first business ever a looooong time ago and I make 100k there doing it part time
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@@ginnysilver do you need a business license to sell on Etsy? I live in cali
may I ask if you used your home address as your business address? if not, what did you use? I’d like to protect my home address from becoming public record but I’m unsure of what my other options are for the state of California.
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thanks for putting that together. saved me a lot of leg-work looking it all up
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Thank you......this is great and comes at a good time!!
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I’m a follower from Texas so I really appreciated your reference for those of us who live outside CA! You’re rock star!!!😎
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Thank you for this video Ginny! I always wondered about some of those terms and I learned a lot from this. Hopefully I might need this info in near future. Positive thoughts💫😍💯
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Thanks for this, ginny! Just wanted to put in those comments and say hi!
Hiii!! Hope you are well ❤️
Ginny, You are literally the best! 💕 Been debating between Sole Prop. and LLC for awhile now. You know how to simplify the answers to everyone’s questions! 🤗
Thank you so much! Glad this was helpful! What kind of business are you starting?
I’m working on a couple business, Wax melts/Candles and the one I’m focusing on first is the Cake Pop business! 💗
Awesome!! Best wishes on both!!
Hi Ginny, I’ve been looking into forming an LLC for my business and with so many companies to choose from can you share who did your LLC or maybe recommend a trusted company. thanks in advance :)
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This video is beyond helpful for me. Ginny you rock thank you so much!!! By the way hope your Little break from UA-cam was just what you needed to recharge your batteries.
Hhaha... thanks - that was LAST weekend..... this weekend I was shooting a wedding... my batteries (metaphorically... and literally....) are definitely drained... 😂😬 but I did have a wedding guest on Saturday recognize me from my channel, which was a worlds colliding moment 😂
@@ginnysilver no way that is so cool. I'm really glad to see weddings are coming back and it's only going to get busier from here. The wedding guest is like hey I saw you on UA-cam LOL.
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0:00 Intro
0:16 What is a sole proprietorship?
0:54 Do I have to file anything?
1:19 Where do I start?
1:35 CHECK this site first!!
2:05 Obtain a business license
2:13 Decide on a business name
2:25 File a DBA if needed
2:41 Publish your DBA if needed
3:01 Obtain a seller's permit if needed
3:56 Obtain an EIN if needed/desired
4:32 Don't pay for an EIN
4:45 Open business bank accounts
5:30 Plan for taxes
6:13 Obtain business insurance
6:57 IM NOT IN CALIFORNIA... but I still want help....
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Great video Ginny! You've made the first hurdles tangible and less intimidating. I'm a racing photographer, and I'm going to promote my work using slideshows set to my music on my own UA-cam channel (yet to be created). I will find a drop-ship supplier for metal renditions for most of my images, but some will be sold by me directly to the public. Any suggestions or pitfalls to avoid on this, particularly since images online can easily be stolen and used without permission? Any CRM software that you'd recommend to integrate into the Mac world? I'm thinking about using Quickbooks, but are there better alternatives for something small scale with probable a dozen or less sales per month? Thank you for your time and effort in advance!
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You are the best thank you ❤️
Just completed this process took from January 22 to June 7 or the week of, to do the whole process from getting my fictitious business name to getting the business license and zoning certificate.
I'm guessing zoning was your hold up if you have a space you are open to clients - DBA, license, sellers permit are all typically fast
Congrats!!
@@ginnysilver I wish, the zoning took one night it was the waiting to be processed time for the fictitious business name took a month and a half and for the business license took a month and a week.
But it was worth it!!!
Glad it's all set now! What kind of business did you start?
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Do you have a video on how to make a separate business name as a sole prop?
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Cal Gold does not have an industry type for professional services. I'd like to work as a wedding officiant. Any advice on how to start? Thanks so much!
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i need all this broken up in a slower method im very confused
Whhere are you stuck specifically?
Can you recommend a good company (companies) for business checking and savings account?
Hi Ginny, I have a question, do we need multiple business license's for every county we shoot in? or just our home county where we have our office or work from home space. Hope this makes sense. Basically if I'm from Orange County and plan to do a wedding in San Francisco, do I need a business license for SF? Thank you, you're video really helped!
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Haha ❤️ I think my subscriber who recognized me at the wedding I photographed yesterday would definitley beg to differ🤣...he caught me on a 100 degree day lugging gear all day...melting.. And then he suffered through the world's sweatiest hug 🤣😬
@@ginnysilver 🤣🤣🤣 I can imagine and with this heat 🥵🥵🥵🥵 is gonna be worst this week I’m gonna be heading up to LA Thursday for the whole weekend and looks like it’s gonna be all in the 90s 🥵🥵🥵 but no matter what Ginny your really beautiful and you know it ❤️💯🦥
How do I file for a franchise chain? 🤔
I work with creative entrepreneurs so I won't be covering that
Hi, Ginny! Thank you so much for such helpful information! Could you please make a video covering the options available for those of us who own a home based business in the state of California but would like to keep our home address private? I’d like to avoid any of my private personal information from becoming public record. Also, could you discuss virtual business address and if they are acceptable as the “place of doing business” address when filing for a sole proprietorship in California? Thank you so much!
The only way to keep your home address private would be to register under a different business address - either through having a separate office with an address or a virtual office - which is essential a mailbox inside of a third party company providing virtual office services - if that service provides virtual office services and not just mail receiving then you can register that as your business address however your personal address used previously will always be on public record as a previous location if you initially filed with that.
@@ginnysilver so in that case would a o box surfice but hey want the llc or what not in order to register it as such
@@customfittedinc you need a physical brick and mortar address for a business license. A box does not suffice, you would need a virtual office - mine is through ipostal since I don't currently have a studio and have a virtual office address on my business license.
@@ginnysilver How were you able to put your Virtual office address on your license, I got stuck on the zoning permit part since the address still a po box location?
Po boxes are never ok - I cover that in this video. A virtual office won't have a po box address.
What is an 1099 no employee or 1099 misc am I require to get a bissness license
That means you are an independent contractor - it depends on what type of services you are providing and to whom.
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With a sole prop can you sign up for a sba loan?
Hello, I hope you get to answer this.
My question is can I turn a sole proprietor into an LLC?
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In Fictitious name form, if put business is conducted an Individual on the form can you still use for an LLC single member?
Thank You.
Yes, you would be forming a new business entity as a single member LLC
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Hi Ginny, how do you open a business bank account as a sole prop? Do I need a business license if my business is a paid discord (access/membership)
Is a seller permit same as wholesale?
A seller's permit is a state license that allows you to sell items at the wholesale or retail level and to issue resale certificates to suppliers from whom you have paid a wholesale rate from.
im so confused and frustrated so do i register my fake name or my name on cal gold or is that just to help direct me to the type of permits and things i need etc this video provides so much information its just over whelming navigating what is to be done or maybe i need to take a break and try again lol :)
All of your business documents need to be under whatever you are calling your business to your customers. If you aren't using your legal name as your business title, you must register a fictitious business name statement - which registers and connects that business name to you. You then will register your business license and seller's permit to that business name.
@@ginnysilver so i dont use the actual name im sorry for this !!
So does the refund issue mean your income tax and unemployment tax return and what the difference between the both
Sorry I don't understand your question?
@@ginnysilver yeah sorry it’s confusing to me as well but here a question. So I received my income tax does that mean I don’t get an unemployment tax refund
Still not sure what you're asking exactly, take tax questions to a CPA
@@ginnysilver what’s cpa
Certified public accountant. A tax professional.
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You are the best thanks for multiple comments!!!!
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