Why do you need a business license? The answer is simple. If your company is going to operate within the law, the city or county in which you will be doing business will require you to obtain a license or permit. If that business is service-related...

Registering a business name is very important for your own protection as well as for compliance with the law. Registration of that name gives you exclusive rights to it. It also keeps others from filing the same or a similar name and capitalizing on...

If you have elected to have a home-based business, restrictions may not permit you to get a business license to operate in your city. You may be forced to move your business outside the home or operate outside of the law. If your family happens to be...

Selecting your location and getting your business license is an interactive process. A business license is granted for a specific location and the selection of the location must take into account licensing restrictions. Contact the City or County...

Home-Based Business Tax Avoidance Schemes The Internal Revenue Service has issued consumer alerts regarding home-based business schemes that purport to offer tax "relief." In reality they provide bad advice to unwary taxpayers that, if followed,...