Well, that's one more Magical Hoop™ we've jumped through.
But this one pretty much stayed stationary and was actually pretty easy. We received our Reseller's Permit from the State Board of Equalization late last week. Next is getting set up with accounts with the vendors and such.
And why is it called the Board of *Equalization*? What exactly is being equalized?
Showing posts with label State. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State. Show all posts
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Taxes and Other Oops's
Sometimes in being prepared as I like to be, I forget or just don't know to do something. That thing gets delayed until it's pretty much late and causing delays in doing other things. (You remember the electrical plans I mentioned some weeks ago?)
Well, the current one relates to taxes and the California Secretary of State. Turns out we need a "Secretary of State File Number" which is something like a Social Security Number (I guess). Nothing in my preparations (book readings, website goings-over, etc.) made me think I needed anything like it. Until I started to do the taxes for the bar and there on the form is a space for entering the Secretary of State File Number. The alert in the software was yellow--caution--so I didn't think it would be a problem and just submitted the return. Not surprisingly, it was rejected by the state (and the crap software I used for this doesn't give a reason why, just the figurative big red stamp "REJECTED"). Seeing as that's the only error the crap software finds, I assume that's the item that caused the return to be rejected.
So, $70 more out the door and another couple of weeks waiting for yet another number. Yay.
Fortunately, California gives an automatic 6 month extension and no taxes are due so we're still fine. It's just a little annoying is all. Oh, well.
(And what is the plural of "oops", anyway?)
Well, the current one relates to taxes and the California Secretary of State. Turns out we need a "Secretary of State File Number" which is something like a Social Security Number (I guess). Nothing in my preparations (book readings, website goings-over, etc.) made me think I needed anything like it. Until I started to do the taxes for the bar and there on the form is a space for entering the Secretary of State File Number. The alert in the software was yellow--caution--so I didn't think it would be a problem and just submitted the return. Not surprisingly, it was rejected by the state (and the crap software I used for this doesn't give a reason why, just the figurative big red stamp "REJECTED"). Seeing as that's the only error the crap software finds, I assume that's the item that caused the return to be rejected.
So, $70 more out the door and another couple of weeks waiting for yet another number. Yay.
Fortunately, California gives an automatic 6 month extension and no taxes are due so we're still fine. It's just a little annoying is all. Oh, well.
(And what is the plural of "oops", anyway?)
Friday, April 1, 2011
The News on Time!
We've been holding off on making this announcement but we're ready to make it now that we've received all the appropriate approvals.
Back in December when escrow closed for us and we knew we were going to be opening a bar called The Phoenix we contacted our Congress people, Representative Nunes and Senators Boxer and Pelosi, to discuss the possiblity of being exempt from observing daylight savings time.
We reasoned that, since we're named The Phoenix we we own the property and don't have a landlord and Phoenix is in Arizona and Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time, we shouldn't be subject to daylight savings time, either. We argued that if we didn't have to move our clocks twice a year we could easily provide more jobs to the community for more hours. Surprisingly, all three congresspersons agreed! (Probably the only time they've all agreed on something.)
All three bound together and worked with the Bureau of Time Administration inside the Federal Office of Weights and Measures to get us a waiver.
And, just now, I got off the phone with our contact at the Bureau of Time Administration with the good news. Our waiver was approved! We are not subject to daylight savings time at the bar!
There was a lot of red tape involved in this but I think it'll all be worth it in the end. We had to agree to get special clocks that are only made in Arizona as well as agree to air our television ads only after 11:00pm. (11:00pm for the rest of the state; not for us.)
Further, we had to find technology (that came from China) that will automatically adjust the times on our customer's watches, phones and other time-keeping devices to the correct time inside the bar. So, if you have a watch with a dial on it, the second you step through the door, you can watch the hands adjust themselves for you! I've tested it at home and it's pretty cool! I can't wait for everybody to see it.
This animation shows what it looks like on my watches and clocks. In real life, it's much, much smoother.
Anyway, this is wonderful news for us! It's something we wanted to make sure was done so we can set ourselves apart from everybody else in Fresno and even from the rest of the state!
Back in December when escrow closed for us and we knew we were going to be opening a bar called The Phoenix we contacted our Congress people, Representative Nunes and Senators Boxer and Pelosi, to discuss the possiblity of being exempt from observing daylight savings time.
We reasoned that, since we're named The Phoenix we we own the property and don't have a landlord and Phoenix is in Arizona and Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time, we shouldn't be subject to daylight savings time, either. We argued that if we didn't have to move our clocks twice a year we could easily provide more jobs to the community for more hours. Surprisingly, all three congresspersons agreed! (Probably the only time they've all agreed on something.)
All three bound together and worked with the Bureau of Time Administration inside the Federal Office of Weights and Measures to get us a waiver.
And, just now, I got off the phone with our contact at the Bureau of Time Administration with the good news. Our waiver was approved! We are not subject to daylight savings time at the bar!
There was a lot of red tape involved in this but I think it'll all be worth it in the end. We had to agree to get special clocks that are only made in Arizona as well as agree to air our television ads only after 11:00pm. (11:00pm for the rest of the state; not for us.)
Further, we had to find technology (that came from China) that will automatically adjust the times on our customer's watches, phones and other time-keeping devices to the correct time inside the bar. So, if you have a watch with a dial on it, the second you step through the door, you can watch the hands adjust themselves for you! I've tested it at home and it's pretty cool! I can't wait for everybody to see it.
This animation shows what it looks like on my watches and clocks. In real life, it's much, much smoother.
Anyway, this is wonderful news for us! It's something we wanted to make sure was done so we can set ourselves apart from everybody else in Fresno and even from the rest of the state!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
And Now the Screaming Starts
(No, not the 1973 gothic horror movie about a disembodied ambulatory hand that scared the crap outta me when I was about 10 or so..)
Ok. After a week off of completing paperwork and dealing with government and related "stuff", it's time for paperwork to start again. (Hence, the "Screaming" in the title.)
There's a whole stream of paperwork that needs to be filled out and sent to someone so they can send me back another bit of paperwork so I can then send them money. Then we gotta contact vendors and get set up with them. I might be jumping the gun just a bit but I wanna make sure when we're ready to open we're actually ready to open.
Ok. After a week off of completing paperwork and dealing with government and related "stuff", it's time for paperwork to start again. (Hence, the "Screaming" in the title.)
There's a whole stream of paperwork that needs to be filled out and sent to someone so they can send me back another bit of paperwork so I can then send them money. Then we gotta contact vendors and get set up with them. I might be jumping the gun just a bit but I wanna make sure when we're ready to open we're actually ready to open.
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