These guides are written for owners, not accountants. Each one names the agency, the form or filing, the timing and the most common snag. None of it replaces your CPA or attorney, who should confirm every date and form before you act.
- California Bulk Sale Notice for a Business With Inventory
How California bulk sale notice rules work when a seller's business sells inventory, who gives notice, how far ahead and what a skipped notice can cost.
- CDTFA Tax Clearance and Successor Liability on a Sale
How unpaid sales and use tax can follow a California business to the buyer, why buyers hold back part of the price and how a clearance certificate helps.
- EDD Payroll Account Closure and Successor Liability
How a California business sale affects the seller's EDD payroll account, a possible reserve account transfer and how unpaid payroll tax can follow the sale.
- Stockton Business License Tax When Ownership Changes
What Stockton's business license tax means for a sale: the certificate does not transfer, who tells the city, and what a new owner and a seller should do.
- San Joaquin County Business Property Statement on a Sale
How California business property tax works when you sell: the January 1 lien date, the annual statement filed with the county assessor and what a sale changes.
- California ABC License Transfer for a Bar or Restaurant Sale
How a California alcohol license moves to a buyer, what a person to person transfer needs, how escrow and a temporary permit work and how long it can take.
- California LLC Cancellation and Final Franchise Tax Return
What a California LLC owner files after an asset sale: the final return, the minimum franchise tax, the cancellation form and the order to file them.