Benefits of a San Joaquin Fictitious Business Name FBN - Doing Business As San Joaquin dba :
| It allows you to open a bank accounts in the San Joaquin dba San Joaquin Fictitious Business Name so you can receive and write checks in the company's name. Simply put, it is more professional to use a business name to do business than using your own name ( especially if no one can pronounce your name - as in my case.) |
| You can sue others with the same San Joaquin Fictitious Business Name, if you have filed before them |
| It allows you to do business with a San Joaquin Fictitious Business Name fitting to your business. For example, you can call your company "Fly-By-Night," or "Rob'em & Cheat'em," if you think it will help your business ( by the way, I don't highly recommend any of the above names). |
| More realistically speaking, it would make a difference if you were a computer consultant and named your company "Computek Guru," than going by your own name, for example "John Smith's Computer Advice". |
| Can file as many names as you wish. Note: imagine the possibilities. Have 10 different names with 10 different San Joaquin Fictitious names. Obtain a Federal Tax Id for each San Joaquin Fictitious Name. Build 10 different credit lines in the 10 different names - each with a different tax id. Even if you could obtain $10,000 for each company name, you would end up having $100,000 credit line in a short time. |
| Now, please tell me... what's most important when your running a business? After having clients, the most important thing is CASH! CASH is the most important thing to stay and succeed in business. And I want to remind you . . . no one loves you enough to loan you any serious money ... except the banks ( because they make money out of it... of course). |
| How you can justify so many companies? The possibilities are endless: each part of your business could be a different company ( which I highly recommend for tax purposes). For example, if you were selling widgets, you could have a marketing department/company, a purchasing department / company, a supplies department / company, a distribution department company, etc. No one tells you to have one company for your company - split it up as many times as possible |
Disadvantages
- Other business or corporations may have the same name.
- Other business may file the same name even after you file yours
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"San Joaquin dba" or San Joaquin Fictitious Business Name (FBN). What is it?
A San Joaquin Fictitious Business Name is simply a filing and publication by the business or individual under which the San Joaquin Fictitious Business Name operates.
It tells the community that John Doe, who lives on 1 Somewhere St. in Beverly Hills, CA 90210, operates a business called "Getoll De Muny," and his business address is 1 Nowhere St, Los Angeles California 90000.
So now people and banks can trust you (and I have no idea why) and they will issue checks in the company's name and the bank will open a bank account and let you cash the checks. NOTE THE BANK will not open a bank account unless you have a A San Joaquin Fictitious Business Name is simply a filing and publication of the business or individual under which the San Joaquin Fictitious Business Name operates.
"San Joaquin dba" means "Doing Business As..." A person or a company is using a business name other than their personal or corporation name.
Example: Tony Soprano starts a business called "Rob 'em and Cheat 'em". Obviously, he does not want his name to be associated with the business name , so a San Joaquin dba registration is required, unless he uses "Tony Soprano" or even Tony Soprano, the Robber" as his business name because in the latter case his real name is incorporated in the business name.
The same applies when a Corporation, an LLC, a General Partnership, etc. wants to do business in another name. Example, your corporation name is "Rob 'em and Cheat 'em" and you want to do business as "Rob 'em". You need to obtain a San Joaquin dba for that name.
Answer:
1. Generally you need a Fed tax id, if you have employees, and you need to separate
yourself from the company for tax purposes - however, you could do your taxes under your social security if you don't have employees.
· However, the question is whether you want to do business under your social security #.
· If you do, all of your personal assets are subject to civil suits, and creditors.
· In addition, you can…YES you can build a separate credit line with a secured or unsecured business credit card or by obtaining a loan in the federal tax id. So long as you make it clear in the contracts you enter into, your personal assets are not completely at stake, because if you have a fed Tax Id (EIN), it is additional evidence that the party to the contract was dealing with a business and not an individual. – however, keep in mind that incorporation is the organization that really shields your assets and protects you from civil liability so long as you follow the corporate formalities.
2. Do I need a State Tax ID? See "1" above: you need it if you pay employee(s) more than $100 per year.
3. You need a seller's permit in California if you sell any type of products – YOU GET tax free purchases for ITEMS YOU BUY to resell.