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They don’t take your license for bad work.They take it for paperwork.

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Coverage

Nine fronts. One calendar. Yours.

They do not talk to each other. Each one assumes you already know about it. Our proprietary library, your bespoke calendar.

CSLBLicense renewal, contractor bond, workers’ comp certificate or exemption, the LLC worker bond and liability policy, salesperson registration, and the 90-day notices for address, personnel and qualifier changes.
Secretary of StateStatement of Information. Form LLC-12 every two years for LLCs, Form SI-550 every year for corporations, each on its own filing window.
Franchise Tax BoardThe $800 annual tax, the LLC gross-receipts fee and its tier table, entity returns on Forms 568, 565 and 100S, corporate estimates on 100-ES, personal estimates on 540-ES, and the pass-through entity tax election.
IRS & EDDQuarterly payroll on Form 941 and DE 9, W-2s and Form 940, 1099-NEC for subcontractors, DE 34 new-hire reporting, DE 542 for service contracts, and the federal entity return.
Cities & CountyBusiness license renewal in the city where you’re based and in every city where you work, DBA filing on its five-year cycle, and the per-permit taxes some cities charge instead.
EPALead-safe RRP certification for the firm on a five-year cycle, individual renovator certification with its alternating refresher requirement, and the 90-day filing window ahead of expiry.
DPR + Ag CommissionerApplicator license renewal on its surname-staggered cycle, continuing education hours, pest control business license, annual registration with the agricultural commissioner in every county you operate in, and monthly pesticide use reports.
DIR / Cal-OSHA / CARBPublic works registration on the fiscal year, certified payroll while on public jobs, Form 300A posting and electronic filing by employee count and industry, and Clean Truck Check for diesel vehicles over 14,000 pounds.
Your carriersWorkers’ comp policy renewal and the premium audit that follows it, general liability, commercial auto, and the surety bond term.

14 days in November

What a suspension actually looks like.

  1. Nov 3

    Your surety files a cancellation. Or your three-year prepaid bond simply runs out.

    "Multi-year prepaid bonds expire without notice."

  2. Nov 15

    The effective date. The CSLB suspends the license that day.

    "Automatic license suspension on the cancellation effective date."

  3. Nov 18

    You take on a new contract.

  4. Feb 2

    A dispute with the customer. Your license history is a public register. The CSLB's own auditors pull it as well, city filings included.

  5. The bill

    They can recover everything you were paid. Not the balance. Everything.

    "Work performed while expired is unlicensed work, exposing the contractor to fee disgorgement under B&P 7031 and a misdemeanor."

FAQ

What happens after I join?

We will notify you through email when we release Codicen to the public.

What if my situation changes mid-year?

Notify us, and we'll make the updates accordingly to our records (e.g. hiring your first employee, working in a new city).

Why Codicen?

A California contractor's obligations are scattered across the Business and Professions Code, the Revenue and Taxation Code, the Labor Code, and the municipal code of every city you work in. Codicen binds them into one register, just for your business.

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