What do you need to have a legal Eikawa business?

[sdskinner]

I know that many of us have Eikawas and we just teach out of our house a rented room or whatever. And that we really have no official business or registered school name.

But what do you need to make yourself legal. What and where do you register your business? What does it cost? I know there are various types of businesses you can set up. What do you need to do if you are the sole proprietor and only teacher? Or you have a few teachers working for you?

And one more question. If one were to set up a real legal eikawa could you then do some dispatching to schools. Either to elementary schools or to junior high schools. Is it difficult or costly to get a dispatching license?

I know to many questions but thanks in advance for any replies.
Japanguy

[dimwit]

But what do you need to make yourself legal. What and where do you register your business? What does it cost? I know there are various types of businesses you can set up. What do you need to do if you are the sole proprietor and only teacher? Or you have a few teachers working for you?

The question is why do you want declare yourself a business rather than be self employed?

[sdskinner]

I do have an eikawa school. I just teach out of my house. But is this legal. Could I get into trouble or could some steal my schools name?

Also if I do hire teachers to work for me do I need to be a real business?

[Big Booger]

http://rru.worldbank.org/DoingBusiness/ExploreTopics/StartingBusiness/Details.aspx?economyid=98

I found that if you want to make it an official business and you want to register it with the J-gov.

http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/DoingBusiness/ExploreTopics/StartingBusiness/Economies/JAPAN.pdf

That PDF document outlines the procedures along with a rough estimate of time involved.

I dunno how this applies to an eikaiwa, but I can imagine the steps are quite similar..

Also I think the procedure might vary depending on the size of the company.... perhaps someone else has a better idea or more information.

[kamome]

You have to determine what business vehicle you want to use (YK, KK, etc.), and then follow the proper registration procedures. There may be minimum capital requirements for forming the entity you choose, plus the costs of corporate maintenance (annual filings, etc.) and tax filings. A layperson should not undertake these procedures alone. Check with small law firms in your area, and if the prices are too high, you can also find companies that specialize in corporate formations and filings (although in my experience, they are not very reliable and make mistakes that a law firm would usually catch). You can also try to bargain for a cap on the fees that a law firm or similar company will charge you for their services.