The permit is not tied into the physical address for the State of California. You can use your apartment if you want as that will do just fine.

So I’m trying to apply for a Seller’s Permit here in California. (For a book business, but that’s another story.) The permit application requires an address. The only address I have is my home address. Which is in a residential area, i.e. not zoned for retail.

Doesn’t everyone have this problem? (Unless they already own a physical storefront, in which case they wouldn’t be learning about Seller’s Permits from your blog for the first time.)

What’s the solution? How do I get a Seller’s Permit without a physical store in a retail zoned neighborhood?!

Thanks.

Sam’s club is like the liquor store they just carry the items. You have to talk to Frito Lay’s if you want to buy Doritos Wholesale.

So start the Sole Prop to get off the ground and then start the S-Corp once you get the ball rolling. Once the S-Corp is set up you can do all the permits while your Sole Prop is still doing it’s thing.

So one doesn’t cancel out the other. So there’s no timing issue.

Usually they change the prices at the register because all the people who buy wholesale are the people who own restaurants. So they want them to come in there instead of getting tomato sauce from some other place. I haven’t been in Sam’s Club in a while but I know they used to have wholesale prices. Give them a call and I’m sure they’ll let you know.

Anything can be purchased wholesale from furniture to candy bars. Wholesale just means you plan to resell it so they give you a cheaper price and they do it without taxes. The state assumes your going to collect taxes when you sell it so it’s a lower price and tax free.