99% of new businesses are required to get a(n) , Bakersfield business tax registration.
Businesses with an trade firm name other than the owner's legal name are required to get a(n) Kern County DBA assumed business name certificate.
On the other hand you may also need seller's permit if you sell merchandise that is taxable. (A.K.A CA seller's permit, state id, wholesale, resale, reseller certificate).
In addition you will need a federal and a state EIN if you will hire employees. I.e., a CA Federal Tax Id Number and a(n) CA State Employer Tax Number
Instead of filing an Assumed Trade Firm business name ("DBA" Doing Business As) in Bakersfield, set up a coporation in CA or set up a(n) CA LLC
Here's How to Get Your CA Seller's Permit and Other permits and Registrations You May Need.
CA Seller's Permit, LLC, DBA, Licenses & Tax IDs Requirements:
Obtain all licenses and registrations here online.
Depending on what type of permit, account or license you are applying for, specific information will be required in the registration application process.
The following is a checklist of general information that you may need before you begin:
Social Security Number(s) (corporate officers excluded)Driver License(s) or State Identification number(s) Note: Other forms of acceptable identifications may include, but not limited to are U.S. passport, U.S. military ID, Consular Identification cards, or Visa (E-2)
In addition, if you are applying for other permits, accounts, or licenses, you may also need to provide the following information:
First decide on a business structure General Merchandise as a Sole Proprietor, LLC/Corp, or Partnership.
✔ Step 2 All General Merchandise Businesses need a , Business tax registration also called an occupation business License ✔ Step 3 Selling/Leasing or if wanting to buy or sell General Merchandise merchandise, food, equipment requires a Seller's Permit. ✔ Step 4 All General Merchandise Businesses Using a DBA doing business as name need a DBA Fictitious Business Name ✔ Step 5 Hiring General Merchandise Workers Requires a Federal EIN and a State Tax Number EIN
Selling/Leasing or if wanting to buy or sell General Merchandise merchandise, food, equipment requires a Seller's Permit.
All General Merchandise Businesses Using a DBA doing business as name need a DBA Fictitious Business Name
Hiring General Merchandise Workers Requires a Federal EIN and a State Tax Number EIN
As of 7/6/2025 2:42:34 AM, you can obtain your BAKERSFIELD seller's permit here at $39 plus any tax you may have to pay in advance. To set up your reseller license is inexpensive but starting your business may cost you about (figures vary depending on area and type of business ) $14652.98 or $8893301.88 depending on your start up money. Getting a license in BAKERSFIELD KERN BAKERSFIELD, 93301 You will have many potential clients in this city. In fact, as much as 12960 but about 5608 are families in this area in CA. In addition, getting a 661 cell phone area code may help increase the idea that you operate from the city because you can text your clients as a local vendor (remember, everyone is texting these days). You can lease a space to operate your business from but if buying a house, the prices are (about $ 93301 94000 avergage value) , which you can use as a home operated business as well.
Your actual location in BAKERSFIELD will be your business address. E.g., your business location could be 8408 BAKERSFIELD Road/Avenue or 88TH Way/Ct or BAKERSFIELD, CA . Operating from a 93301 P.O. Box location purported as your business mailing address. E.g. P.O Box 74141 BAKERSFIELD,CA 93301 . However this turns out, in 8142 considering demographics is intelligent. For example,
before iinvesting in getting a wholesale license there, there are about 8077, Whites, 4123 Hispanics, and 1465 Blacks in the 93301 area. Another important consideration is that of the residents' income in the wingspan of your business location. Each family here earns about $25587 per household and has about 2.98 residents per family. However, is the weather nice? Consider that the altitude is 408 feet, and you getting a seller's license in 8 time zone.