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Visa, MasterCard or Discover are accepted. Enter jurisdiction lawmaking 7245 to get started. Pay by Credit Card To pay by phone undeniability 1-888-272-9829 Enter jurisdiction lawmaking 7245 to get started. Payments will take 1 merchantry day to post to your merchantry license.Surpassingstanding with one of the options above, please verify that payment has not once been submitted to our office.Indistinguishablepayments will automatically be unromantic for the pursuit tax year. Additionally, please enter your merchantry license number carefully, as an invalid merchantry license may result in your payment stuff rejected. Any payments that must be rejected for an invalid license, indistinguishable payment, or other reason, are subject to a $25 processing fee.MerchantryLicenses Submit Question ViewMerchantryLicense Requirements for US Open of Surfing Massage Establishment Requirements Massage Establishment Registration CertificateUsingApplication forMerchantryLicenseUsingfor Home BasedMerchantryLicense CSLB -UsingforMerchantryLicense Subcontractor ListingUsingfor Specific or Temporary Events How to Obtain aMerchantryLicense in Huntington BeachMerchantryLicense LookupUsingFranchise Tax Board InformationMunicipalityof Huntington Beach Finance Department Fiscal Services Division -MerchantryLicensing (714) 536-5267MerchantryLicense Tax Information Introduction Welcome to theMunicipalityof Huntington Beach. This web site is intended as a summary of information you will need to know in order to operate a merchantry in Huntington Beach. It is not warranted to be all-inclusive. Any errors or omissions herein will not relieve the merchantry owner of his/her responsibility, obligation or liability in fulfilling all legal requirements. All of your answers may not be found here, therefore, if you have questions please contact theMerchantryLicense Office at: 2000 Main Street, First Floor Huntington Beach, CA 92648-2702 Phone: 714-536-5267 Fax: 714-536-5934 Office hours are 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. TheMunicipalityof Huntington Beach Office ofMerchantryDevelopment assists merchantry & economic worriedness in the City. They work to retain and expand existing businesses, to vamp new businesses and to promote minutiae and redevelopment in vibrations with the City's Master Plan. For increasingly information well-nigh this contact the EconomicMinutiaeDepartment on the fifth floor ofMunicipalityHall or by phone at 714-536-5582.Self-rulingcopies of a brochure on "How to obtain aMerchantryLicense in Huntington Beach" are misogynist at theMerchantryLicense counter. Forms StandardMerchantryLicenseUsingHome BasedMerchantryLicenseUsing        Home Occupation Ordinance Special EventMerchantryLicenseUsingListing of Licensed Businesses in Huntington Beach ViewMerchantryLicense LookupUsingCurrentMerchantryReports in PDF Format ActiveMerchantryLicenses Sorted byWriteActiveMerchantryLicenses Sorted byMerchantryName ActiveMerchantryLicenses Sorted by SIC New Businesses Licenses Select SIC FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What is aMerchantryLicense Tax? TheMunicipalityof Huntington Beach MunicipalLawmakingrequires all businesses operating in Huntington Beach to pay an yearly merchantry license tax. TheMunicipalityof Huntington Beach is a unappetizing merchantry tax city. A merchantry license tax is an yearly non-regulatory tax levied by individual California cities and counties for the privilege of conducting merchantry within a particular municipality or county jurisdiction. The financing assessed are intended to raise revenue for the unstipulated operating requirements of individual cities and counties.Municipalityof Huntington Beach merchantry license revenue pays for Police, Fire, and Safety expenses as well as other unstipulated operating financing of the City. What financing are involved? For most types of businesses, taxes are based on the number of employees/owners that are involved in the business. If you are an out of town business, such as a unstipulated or sub-contractor, your tax is structured differently. TheMerchantryLicense staff will help you determine the type of merchantry license and financing involved for your specific business. Who needs aMerchantryLicense? A merchantry license is required for any person or merchantry making a physical presence in ourMunicipalityconducting business. Whether the merchantry is headquartered here in a commercial location, out of a home office, or headquartered outside of the City, but coming into ourMunicipalityto self-mastery business. Any individual, corporation, sole proprietor, partnership or any entity that wishes to self-mastery a merchantry within theMunicipalityof Huntington Beach must secure a merchantry license.Municipalitylaw states that no person shall engage in merchantry or transact and siphon on an mandated business, trade, profession, calling or occupation in theMunicipalitywithout having procured a license from theMunicipalityto do so or without complying with any and all workable provisions of Chapter 5 of theMunicipalityordinance relating to merchantry license. (A separate license is required for each workshop or location of business.) What type of ownership do I have? Sole Proprietorship - A sole proprietorship is an unincorporated merchantry that is owned by one person or by a husband and wife. You include the income expenses of the merchantry on your own tax return. We must have the owner's name, home address, social security number or tax ID number, and driver's license number. Partnership - A partnership is the relationship existing between two or increasingly persons who join to siphon on a trade or business. Each person contributes money, property, labor or skill and is expected to share in the profits and losses of the business. A partnership is not taxable on the income of the entity. Each partner includes his or her share of the partnerships income or loss on his or her tax return. Except for husband-wife partnerships, when there are two or increasingly applicants on a merchantry license application, who state they are partners in business, a Federal Tax ID number (EIN) is required. Limited Liability Company - A Limited Liability Company ("LLC") combines traditional corporate and partnership characteristics. Corporation - In forming a corporation, prospective shareholders transfer money, property, or both for the corporation's wanted stock. The profit of a corporation is taxed to both the corporation and the shareholders when the profit is distributed as dividends. In California, the Secretary of State stamps the number only on the original wares of Incorporation. Other Types - It is possible that the entity you worked is something other that what is documented above, such as a trust. How do I get an using for aMunicipalityof Huntington BeachMerchantryLicense? Applications are misogynist at our office, or online (see above). What information is needed in order to well-constructed the application? Depending on the type of merchantry that is conducted, it will determine the type of information needed.  As a vital overview, persons applying for a merchantry license will be required to provide one or increasingly of the pursuit items: Federal Tax ID Number, Social Security Number, Residence write and phone number,Stageof Birth, and Drivers License Number. Please read the using thoroughly. All workable sections of the using for your type of merchantry must be completed. It is important to be specific in your merchantry description. Include the starting stage at this location. State whether your merchantry is owned solely by you, whether it is a partnership, or a corporation. The names and residence addresses of the owners or officers of the corporation are required. The pursuit information must moreover be included prior to the visa of the application: Sellers Permit (if applicable) Social Security Number (If no Federal or State ID number provided) Driver's License Number Federal Employer I.D. Number State Contractor's License Number (if applicable) State Contractor's Classification (if applicable) What if my merchantry is home-based? If your merchantry is headquartered out of a home office, the Home BasedMerchantryLicenseUsingis the only document you will need to complete. As a Home Based business, zoning regulations limit what type of merchantry can be conducted from home. You must comply with Section 230.12 of theMunicipalityof Huntington Beach Zoning Code. The Home Occupation Permit is included in this using process. What is a Certificate of Occupancy and Who is Required to Have One? Every business, including temporary or rambler businesses, operating from commercial premises within theMunicipalityis required to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy for their commercial location prior to applying for a merchantry license. They must comply with any and all workable provisions of theMunicipalityof Huntington Beach MunicipalLawmakingrelating to Zoning and Building & Fire Safety. For information on Certificate of Occupancy requirements please contact the CommunityMinutiaeDepartment on the third floor ofMunicipalityHall or by phone at (714) 536-5271. Are there penalties if I am late paying for my merchantry license? Any merchantry which operates without first obtaining aMerchantryLicense or which fails to pay a renewal fee shall pay a penalty of 10% of the tax per month. When do I need to renew my merchantry license? Once you have obtained a merchantry license, which is valid for one (1) year from the merchantry start date, a renewal notice will be mailed to the mailing write on record approximately thirty (30) days prior to your expiration date. If you do not receive a renewal notice, please contact theMerchantryLicense Office at (714) 536-5267. Be enlightened that the merchantry license renewal notice is a courtesy notice only.  Failure to receive a renewal notice does not relieve the merchantry owner of his/her responsibility to renew the merchantry license and alimony it current and valid. What if I sell my business? Is my merchantry license transferable? A merchantry license is not transferable. The license is terminated when merchantry ownership changes.TeachtheMerchantryLicense Office should you sell your business. The new owner will be responsible for obtaining his/her own merchantry license. What if I move to a new location in Huntington Beach? To process a transpiration of merchantry address, teach theMerchantryLicense Office by calling (714) 536-5267 or visiting theMerchantryLicense Office to request an using form to file for an write change. A processing fee will be due at the time the transpiration is made. Do I need to reapply if I transpiration my merchantry name? To process a transpiration of merchantry name, teach theMerchantryLicense Office by calling (714) 536-5267 or visiting theMerchantryLicense Office to request a form to file for a merchantry name change. A processing fee will be due at the time the transpiration is made. Do I need to exhibit my merchantry license? All merchantry licenses must be displayed on the premises in public view. For those businesses not having a stock-still place of merchantry in the city, the license must be physically carried on the person while conducting merchantry and presented upon request. FictitiousMerchantryName Statements or DoingMerchantryAs (DBA) FictitiousMerchantryName Statements and DBAs are one in the same, but differ from a merchantry license. If you propose to use a fictitious merchantry name that does not contain your surname, contact the County Clerk Recorder's Office and your local newspaper to schedule a publication of notice. Fictitious merchantry name statements are filed with the Orange County Clerk's Office, located at 630 N. Broadway Street, (12 Civic Center Plaza, Room. 101 & 106 on the first floor) Santa Ana, California 92701-7530 contact the County Clerk's Office, undeniability (714) 834-2500 or visit their web page at: http://ocrecorder.com/. For increasingly information on California Fictitious Name filing requirements, please see the CaliforniaMerchantryand ProfessionsLawmaking(Sections 17900-17930) at www.leginfo.ca.gov.  Be enlightened that filing a fictitious merchantry name statement displaying a Huntington Beach write will require you to obtain a merchantry license with our city.  Filing a merchantry name statement with the intent of only holding the name is filing under false pretenses. State Sales and Use Tax Permit If you sell tangible personal property, retail or wholesale, you are required to obtain a Seller's Permit (Retail Sales Tax Number) from the State Board of Equalization (SBE) for the purpose of collecting and reporting sales tax to the State of California. This seller's permit is required surpassing your merchantry license will be released. To obtain a Sellers' Permit, contact the SBE at (949) 440-3473 or visit the website at www.boe.ca.gov.  You can moreover wield in person at one of the local district offices. Click on the link to obtain a listing of local district offices www.boe.ca.gov. The nearest State Board Equalization office to Huntington BeachMunicipalityHall is located at 1675 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92606. Federal Employer Identification Number If your merchantry is organized as a corporation or partnership, or if you engage or plan to engage employees, you will need a Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) for the purpose of withholding FICA taxes and Social Security taxes. A FEIN is required plane if your merchantry has no employees. To obtain a FEIN, contact the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fss4.pdf or (800) 829-1040 or download an using for a Federal Employer Identification Number at www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/how-to-apply-for-an-ein. The nearest IRS office to Huntington BeachMunicipalityHall is located at 801 Civic Center Drive W, Santa Ana, CA 92701 or by phone at (714) 347-9204. State Employer Identification Number If your merchantry is organized as a corporation or partnership in the State of California, or if you engage or plan to engage employees in the State of California, you will need a State Employer Identification Number (SEIN) for the purpose of withholding State Income Tax, Disability and Unemployment Insurance. To contact the State EmploymentMinutiaeDepartment - Division of Audits, undeniability (888) 745-3886 or visit their web page at www.edd.ca.gov. The nearest EmploymentMinutiaeDepartment office to Huntington BeachMunicipalityHall is located at 23151 Plaza Pointe Drive., Suite. 140, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. State Franchise Tax Board If you intend to have employees within the State of California or to obtain a Form 540 to estimate State Withholding Tax for yourself, contact the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) at (800) 852-5711 or visit their website at www.FTB.ca.gov.DrunkardBeverage Control Licenses If your merchantry will be selling or serving drunkard beverages contact theDrunkardBeverage Control Board. The nearest office is located at 28 Civic Center Plaza, Room 369, Santa Ana, CA 92701-4032 or by phone at (714) 558-4101 or visits their website at www.abc.ca.gov. Liability and Workers' Compensation Insurance To obtain information regarding Liability and Workers' Compensation Insurance requirements, contact (714) 565-5000 or your insurance agent. You may moreover visit the California Department of Insurance's website at www.insurance.ca.gov. Will I be preparing or selling food? If your merchantry intends to prepare and/or sell supplies of any type, you must well-constructed an using for a Health Permit. Businesses will need to contact O.C. Environmental Health at http://www.ocfoodinfo.com/ 1241 E. Dyer Road #120, Santa Ana, CA 92705.. Writing To UsWell-nighYourMerchantryLicense TaxWorthIf you wish to write to us regarding your merchantry license tax account, please be sure and supply your name, write and the merchantry license tax number with all correspondence.Municipalityof Huntington BeachMerchantryLicense Division - Finance PO Box 190 Huntington Beach, CA 92648-0190 Do I Need aMerchantryLicense Tax if IWilta Landlord Receiving Rents From the Rental, Leasing, Subleasing or Subletting of Residential Property Located in theMunicipalityof Huntington Beach? If you wilt a landlord and rent, lease, sublease or sublet residential property for three or increasingly units within the City, you are required to secure a merchantry license. Do I Need aMerchantryLicense Tax if I Operate a Commercial or Home-Based Nonprofit Business, Organization, or Institution? If you operate a commercial or home-based nonprofit business, organization, or institution, you are exempt from obtaining a merchantry license tax. An exemption letter from the Internal Revenue Service showing your 501(c)3 status will be required.. No merchantry license fee shall be unromantic with respect to any bona fide nonprofit business. May I Register to doMerchantryFrom a Post Office Box or Personal Mailbox (PMB) Located Within theMunicipalityof Huntington Beach? A post office box or personal mailbox (PMB) write may be used as the mailing write for your business.  A post office box or PMB write does not constitute a merchantry location for merchantry licensing purposes. A post office box or PMB write cannot be substituted as the merchantry location write for any business, whether physically located within theMunicipalityof Huntington Beach or physically located outside of theMunicipalityof Huntington Beach. Did you know? The Huntington Beach Fire Department conducts self-ruling home fire safety inspections for seniors.  You can moreover get a self-ruling smoke detector with a 10 year shower and stat monoxide detector installed.  This self-ruling service is provided by Project SHIP senior home inspection program volunteers. You can schedule an visit online or call 714-374-1615.MerchantryLicenses Submit Question Contact InformationMunicipalityof Huntington Beach Finance Department 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach, CA Phone: (714) 536-5630 Fax: (714) 536-5934 Staff DirectoryMerchantryNavigationMerchantryHomeMisogynistCommercial Properties Bids & RFPsMerchantryLookup Chamber of Commerce Demographics Demographics HomeMerchantry& Industry Info Community Profile EconomicMinutiaeEconomicMinutiaeHome CDBG Housing OBD Staff Directory Oversight Board Sales Tax Sharing Southeast Area Film Permits Licenses Permits &LawmakingLicenses Permits &LawmakingHomeMerchantryLicense Building Fee Schedule Inspection-Fee Schedule Permits Public Works Fee Schedule Temporary Water Meter Info ZoningLawmakingPlanning Services Resources forMerchantrySustainableMerchantryCertification © Copyright 2002-18 All rights reserved. 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California 92648 Back to Top