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How to Legally Start a Business in LA

Learn the essential legal steps to launch a business in Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. You'll work through the details of city and county tax forms, filings, and licenses while navigating federal, state, and local regulations. Build the knowledge and confidence to successfully start your business venture, in this complete course.

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  • 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA
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Description

Explore the legal requirements and practical steps necessary to launch a new business venture in Los Angeles and the surrounding metropolitan areas. This course provides comprehensive guidance on all legal and regulatory matters that new business owners must navigate, offering clear explanations of the complex maze of local regulations and compliance requirements.

Key Topics Covered:

You will gain essential knowledge about city and county tax forms, proper business filing procedures, required fees and licensing structures, and various reporting systems. The course explains crucial distinctions between federal, state, and local laws and regulations, helping you understand which requirements apply to your specific business situation. Additionally, you will learn about payroll tax obligations, income tax considerations, and all mandatory business licenses needed to operate legally in the Los Angeles area.

Who Should Enroll:

This course is particularly valuable for entrepreneurs and business owners in the planning stages or early start-up phase. Whether you are preparing to launch your first business or expanding into the Los Angeles market, understanding these legal and regulatory foundations is essential for long-term success and compliance.

Refund Policy

Cancellation Policy:

Classes are mandated by the State of California to be self-supporting based on student enrollment fees. As such, we reserve the right to cancel any class offering if the minimum number of student enrollments necessary to support it is not achieved. You will be notified no less than the day prior to the start of the first session if an offering will be cancelled and offered either a transfer of your fees to another class offering or a full refund. It is therefore essential that your phone number and email is up-to-date and functional. Refunds will be processed within 20-30 business days of cancellation.

We also reserves the right to change room location and or substitute instructors and will endeavor to contact you via phone and/or email prior to the scheduled meeting time with the updated information.

Transfer Policy:

  • To transfer to another class, requests must be made via email at least four business days before the first class meeting.
  • Transfer requests will not be granted after the first class meeting.

Please note, approved transfers are a one-time allowance and are subject to our general refund policy for the second class offering.

Refund Policy:

  • All requests for refunds or transfers must be made at least four business days before the start of class and are subject to a $10 cancellation fee per class. 
  • Refund requests are also subject to a 5% CourseHorse processing fee.
  • There are no refunds nor transfers granted after four business days prior to class.
  • Transfers are limited to once per class.

Important information: Refunds ARE NOT issued for absences nor prorated for late registration. Missed class meetings may not be made up in another class. Class offerings may not be audited.

Refund Processing Fees:

  • The following only applies in the event a provider’s cancellation/refund policy allows for cancellations and a full refund, please see above or contact CourseHorse to determine eligibility.
  • In the event a class is still going to occur and a full refund is requested, and you are eligible for a full refund in accordance with the provider’s policy, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from your refund amount

Please contact us at [email protected]

Reviews of Classes at Los Angeles City College (932)

(4.4-star rating across 932 reviews)

This class: 4.3 out of 5 from 16 reviews

  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    Informative, to avoid problems when starting a new business in the future. Thanks for new face to face learning .Able to ask important questions that is needed.
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    Great presenter, very intelligently organized and thoughtful toward the class members. The information was very helpful and it gave me a starting point to organizing my own thoughts. I thought the class was a little bit too long.
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    For some reason, I was expecting a more robust workshop. I was sent 4 documents and we literally went page by page through their handout. This was a real waste of money! I know how to read so I could have easily gone through it. Also, a lot that was overviewed you could easily pull up on youtube! Gosh, you don't get that time back 3 hours of purely reading a handbook. I mean waste your time if you want but even if you know nothing literally researching will prove to be more helpful! Extremely disappointed.
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    I really enjoyed this class and found it the content/materials supplied very helpful! I'd love to see what other classes he teaches that I might be interested in checking out. There were some minor tech issues throughout but that wasn't the teachers fault.
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    The teacher was great, but the location is not. The parking situation is not addressed correctly. If you’re going to this location, you can plan to park at metered parking in front of the building—the lot they said to use is far behind the building and you can’t find the place to purchase a day pass. If you park on the street near the lot, you have to walk around a city block, the area smells really bad, there are people urban camping all around. If you want to grab lunch, there’s a jack in the box across the street, but you have to get through all the street vendors with their sheets of what appears like a yard sale. In fact, some of the regular businesses are closed, and there’s just people everywhere selling all sorts of second hand items. Unless you live nearby, I would not take a class there. I had received one email from course horse that had one classroom location; then another email with a different location—then when I got there, a woman waiting for a class asked what class I was waiting for, it was the same class—she had a totally different class location, the room next door. After the class start time, a group of people gathered waiting for the class; because I had the other class room on my receipt, I went to the other class to check. I tried the office, but no one was there. At ELAC, they at least have someone in the community service office to help with questions and the parking is really easy to navigate; the neighborhood is pretty clean too. When the teacher arrived, one of my classmates, with whom I’d exchanged numbers, was kind enough to text me. Another student was lost, I encountered her in my travels at the other classroom. The instructor had also been lost. The class experience itself was very positive and helpful; the instructor is knowledgeable and devoted sufficient time to answering questions. I have a very clear to do list of steps to take, resources to pursue, etc. I’m glad I took the class, so it gets 3 stars.
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    The teacher was awesome! Very informative and had a great way to make everyone feel comfortable!
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    Great class for beginners. Instructor is very knowledgeable.
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    The instructor was wonderful!!! Thank you again!! He's a real gem!
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    Good class. I left feeling motivated and found information I haven’t even considered or heard of. Definitely a good class for those who want to start a business.
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    Great professor, simplified difficult procedures
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

    Amazing course. So informative with big ideas and can fit it into a 3 hr digestible period. Loved this teacher too.
  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

  • How to Legally Start a Business in LA

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