[Leica] Question about photography business

[Tina Manley]

I'm not Doug or Bob but since nobody else has answered, here is my
experience with setting up a photography business in South Carolina.  It is
not complicated in SC.  You don't even have to register except to register
your name to keep anyone else from using it.  A sole proprietorship is the
way to go.  You can set up an LLC or S corporation but that would depend on
the laws in California which might be wacky.

The best thing to do would be to pay a CPA who knows the laws in California
and can advise you.  It would be worth the fee to get it right!

Good luck,

Tina

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 3:45 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Hi Brian,
>
> Doug Herr or Bob Adler might be folks to talk with.
>
> My late father-in-law was in the business in  the 40s and 50s, but that
> was in Mississippi, a long way from California laws.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
> On 9/21/2018 2:40 PM, Brian Reid wrote:
>
>> I've been taking pictures for money (mostly weddings and portraits) for
>> 40 years. I've always had a day job; I'm not good enough to try to make a
>> living at it. The money I make has paid for lenses and printers but has
>> never paid the mortgage or bought food.
>>
>> Recent circumstances require that I become a registered business.
>> Obviously it would be a sole proprietorship. I know lots about cameras and
>> computers but nothing about business licensing.
>>
>> Does anybody have any suggestions as to where I should start, to make my
>> little "Brian Reid Photography" venture be a registered business? Since I
>> live in California I assume that I would register in California, but I am
>> baffled by what I find with search engines.
>>
>>
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