Attention all Registered Electrical Contractors! Many of you lamented the fact that the grandfathering rule that allowed registered contractors to obtain state certified licenses was only for construction contractors. Well, that is no more! In the 2013 legislative session on June 14, 2013, House Bill 269 was approved. This allows registered electrical, alarm, and specialty

Congratulations to the following Licenses, Etc. clients who were approved in June: Nei Rodrigues at Roofco, LLC of Orlando, FL John Douglas Pozerycki at Inspired Technologies of North Florida, Inc. DBA Inspired Technologies, Inc. of Tallahassee, FL Joshua McKenna at Suncoast Custom Pool Services, Inc. of Naples, FL Joshua McKenna at Suncoast Custom Pools, Inc. of Naples, FL Paul

Congratulations to the following Licenses, Etc. clients who were approved in May: Ronald Yaeger at Fulcrum Construction Group LLC of Daphne, AL Chad Tracy at Patriot Construction, Inc. of Crawford, GA Jose Lopez at ScreenTech Services, Inc. of Miami, FL Iain Paterson at Hufcor, Inc. DBA Hufcor Florida Group of Boynton Beach, FL Willie Oglesby Sr. at A/C Expert USA, Inc.

Georgia, the Peach State, the neighbor to our north. So close… yet your contractor’s license here in Florida does not reciprocate. Have you been thinking about going after some work there? Recently we helped with the application for a General Contractor’s license in Georgia and we wanted to share our experience with you. What we

Congratulations to the following Licenses, Etc. clients who were approved in April: Paulette Brown at Brown & Brown Residential Builders, Inc. of Punta Gorda, FL Arnulf Albrecht at Arnulf Albrecht General Contracting, Inc. of Naples, FL Robert Ricciardelli at Pelican Bay Contracting, Inc. of Naples, FL John David Lowe at Physical Security, LLC  of  Bessemer, AL David Williams at Eikon Builders LLC  of  Fort Myers,

As everyone knows, the biggest part of an application for a new construction license is the experience section. What experience are they looking for? How much do they need? What do they consider valid experience? For Division II Contractors, the basics are simple. In the minimum four years of experience that the board requires for

In Florida, to work as a State Certified Contractor the Department of Business & Professional Regulation’s Construction Industry Licensing Board requires all applicants need to provide credit reports personally and on the business entity they want to qualify. Both credit reports must indicate that local, state, and federal records have been searched and personal credit

Congratulations to the following Licenses, Etc. clients who were approved in March: Anthony Onesti at US Electrical Construction Co, Inc. DBA US Construction Group of Woodstown, NJ Armando Quintero at Intellisite, Inc. of St. Pete Beach, FL Maynard Grover at Elektro Systems, LLC of Ocala, FL Clifford Byrd at Specialty Building Services, Inc. of Naples, FL Trevor Kutz at Progressive Power Group,

If you recently set up a new business on the Department of State, Division of Corporations website (sunbiz.org), you may be sent a 2013 Certificate of Status Request Form. Please be aware that this is NOT required to complete any registration process with the state. These notices are NOT from the Dept. of State, Division

Just a quick reminder from Hill, Barth and King, LLC that the deadline for corporate income tax returns (Forms 1120, 1120A, and 1120S) or to request an automatic six-month extension (Form 7004) is March 15, 2013. What does all this mean? Put simply, if your business is a corporation –whether a regular C corporation or