New Business Information

Here is all of the information you need to know when starting a new business.

Business Start-Up Kits
Make Government Forms, Legal Documents, Paperwork and Due Dates
Easy to Manage

Legal Documents:

The legal documents necessary to structure your business as a

• Proprietorship

• Partnership

• Corporation

• Limited Liability Company

Forms:

All the forms you need to comply with government requirements throughout the year

• Actual government forms to tear out and mail in

• Easy step-by-step instructions

• Sample letters, labels, forms and calendar reminder stickers

Which Business Structure is best for you?

Sole Proprietors:

1 Person or husband/wife

• Simplest paperwork

• Lower taxes than corporations of LLCs

• Personal assets can be seized to pay business debts

Partnerships:

2-35 people

• Paperwork only slightly more complicated than sole proprietorships

• Lower taxes than corporations or LLCs

• Partners are responsible for the actions and debts of each other, even if they were unaware of them

• Personal assets can be seized to pay business debts

Business Start-up Kit
A valuable kit for the person starting a business as a sole proprietor or with a general or limited partner. Contains 18 federal and state government forms, plus many local government requirements. Invaluable guidance, plus you never have to visit a government office.

• Fictious name

• Sales tax

• Tips for forming a partnership

• State and federal taxes

• Licenses and permits

• Social Security

• Quarterly and annual requirements

• Tips if you hire independent contractors

• Proposition 65 requirements

• Tax deductions, including home offices

• Helpful internet addresses of many government agencies

The cost of the Business Start-Up Kit for Sole Proprietors & Partnerships is $37.65
(Including Sales Tax)

Limited Liability Companies:

2-35 people or husband/wife

• Less paperwork than corporations

• Paperwork only slightly more complicated than sole proprietorships, but the same as partnerships

• $600 less start-up costs than coprorations

• $800 tax must be paid four months after forming, and every April 15

Business Start-up Kit
Starting a Limited Liability Company (LLC) will give you the liability protection of a corporation and the lower taxes of a partnership. Get the 30 forms you need to get started with state and federal requirements such as sales tax, licenses and permits, state and federal taxes.

• Articles of Organization

• Operating agreement

• Granting member status

• Statement of information

• Application for a seller's permit

• Sales tax exemption certificate

• Licenses and permits

• Quarterly and annual requirements

• Helpful internet addresses of many government agencies

The cost of the Business Start-Up Kit for Limited Liability Corporations is $48.43
(Including Sales Tax)

Note: Many businesses under a state licensing board cannot form LLCs

Corporations:

1-35 people

• Must treat officers as employees with significant paperwork

• $600 minimum tax must be paid upon incorporation, $800 in four months, and $800 every April 15

• Personal assets protected from business debts

Business Start-up Kit
This kit gives you all the forms you will need to incorporate your business. The remainder of the 27 forms get your business started with state and federal government requirements such as sales tax, licenses and permits, state and federal taxes.

• Articles of Incorporation

• Bylaws that are easy to understand

• Minutes for your first and future annual meetings - all you do is fill in the blanks

• Stock certificates

• S versus C Corporations

• Sales Tax

• State and federal taxes

• Licenses and permits

• Quarterly and annual requirements

• Tax deductions, including home offices

• Helpful internet addresses of many government agencies

The cost of the Business Start-Up Kit for Corporations is $48.43
(Including Sales Tax)

Employer's Kit
If your business is going to hire employees, even one, the Employer's Kit is a must! It contains all 18 required forms, the 13 government-required posters, plus withholding schedules. You'll also get a summary of the most basic labor laws small employers need to know: calculating wages and overtime, and what you cannot ask in an interview.

• Income tax withholding

• Social Security deductions

• Unemployment insurance

• Disability insurance

• Worker's compensation

• Minimum wage and overtime laws

• Immigration and naturalization

• Cal/OSHA

• Injury and Illness Prevention Program (SB 198) required for all employers

• Quarterly requirements

• W-2s and other annual forms

• Required sexual harassment notice

• Tax withholding schedules

• Interview questions not to ask

• Helpful internet addresses of many government agencies

The cost of the Business Start-Up Kit for Employers is $37.65
(Including Sales Tax)

For more information, visit the California Chamber of Commerce Website. http://products.calchamber.com

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