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02-13-2013, 02:54 PM
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#1 | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Does anyone know how old you need to be to get a business license in Burnaby? A friend and I went to apply and they denied us saying we need to be 19 (we're 18) and when we asked them to show us where it said we have to be 19, they refused. What options do we have? We called the small business information center of BC and they confirmed 18, But the licensing office at city will not accept this, and will not show us any paperwork saying we need to be 19, They just said and i'm quoting "we just had a discussion, It is 19"
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02-13-2013, 03:03 PM
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#2 | The Brown Reason
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Legal age is required to enter into a contract
IIRC it's age of majority
in BC that's 19.
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02-13-2013, 03:20 PM
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#3 | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by dhillon09 Legal age is required to enter into a contract
IIRC it's age of majority
in BC that's 19. | Business license doesn't fall under that afaik.
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02-13-2013, 03:23 PM
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#4 | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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They are right, you need to be 19.
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02-13-2013, 03:48 PM
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this is a good place to start, if you havent, already OneStop BC Business Registry
BTW, if the city say so, its pretty much final, because they are the ones approving you.. try not to piss them off...
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02-13-2013, 03:53 PM
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#6 | The Lone Wanderator
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+1 to FE. In googling, I didn't find anything one way or the other, but if they say you can't, you can't.
Looks like you've either got to get a parent to sign up, or wait another year.
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02-13-2013, 03:58 PM
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#7 | nuggets mod
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What kind of business are you starting?
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02-13-2013, 04:01 PM
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I'm 99% sure you only have to be 18 to incorporate.
Are you guys registering as a corporation? or partnership/self-prop?
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02-13-2013, 07:19 PM
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#9 | MiX iT Up!
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you can start a sole proprietorship without any docs. call yourself "First Name Last Name Consulting" or "First Name Last Name"
If the business takes off by next year - get a paper and make it official. At the end of the day, not a single bank will give you anything based on "business history" all loans will have to be guaranteed personally.
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02-13-2013, 07:28 PM
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#10 | Banned By Establishment
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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld you can start a sole proprietorship without any docs. call yourself "First Name Last Name Consulting" or "First Name Last Name"
If the business takes off by next year - get a paper and make it official. At the end of the day, not a single bank will give you anything based on "business history" all loans will have to be guaranteed personally. | Different for a business license...that's business registration.
A business license is required for any all and all activity you perform in a given municipality. Although while I have never had to just randomly show my license, I very muchy want to have one when asked.
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02-13-2013, 08:54 PM
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#11 | what manner of phaggotry is this
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as Gridlock said, Registering a business and obtaining a business number, and getting a business licence are 2 different things. You have to do both to start a business.
The business licence is issued by your municipality and allows you to operate and do business within that municipality (or multiple municipalities).
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02-13-2013, 11:03 PM
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#12 | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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No need to get business license from the city according to one of my old teachers at BCIT.
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02-13-2013, 11:14 PM
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#13 | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by PJ I'm 99% sure you only have to be 18 to incorporate.
Are you guys registering as a corporation? or partnership/self-prop? | general partnership.
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