Teaching · For Tutors

Find every license before the first invoice.

Check the city, county and state offices that may apply to how you tutor, log each requirement with its fee and renewal, and see what is still open and what renews next.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Tutoring business kit, $69 for 64 items.

The license research list

One search per business. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · For Tutors$5 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with: A list of every requirement found with fees and dates, what you still need to pay, the yearly cost of staying current and the next date to watch.
Who it is for: Independent tutors and small tutoring businesses setting up or checking their paperwork.
Format: Browser checklist. Saved searches; printed with the summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access: $5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Tutoring business kit ($69) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives: The For Tutors space in Caveat Teaching.
Support: Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

Drawn for this page. Most of the work is finding which office issues what; the rest is not missing a renewal.

How to use it

Start a search with a business code and the date.
Mark where you tutor and whether you use a trade name.
Check each office and mark it as checked.
Add a row for each requirement with its fee, renewal and status.
Print the list and put the next date on your calendar.

Start the research

How to use the research

Where to look

The city or county clerk for a general business license; the planning or zoning office for home businesses; the county or state for trade name filings; the state revenue department for tax registration. Many have a small-business portal that lists what applies.

What changes the answer

Students coming to your home, using a business name, forming an LLC, hiring other tutors and selling materials can each add a requirement. Online tutoring is usually still registered where the business is based.

What this is not

A statement of any place’s law. Confirm each requirement with the office that issues it.

Sources

U.S. Small Business Administration, Apply for licenses and permits (sba.gov): federal, state and local licenses.
U.S. Small Business Administration, Register your business: trade names (doing business as).
Internal Revenue Service, Business structures and the Employer Identification Number.
U.S. Small Business Administration, Choose a business structure: sole proprietorship and limited liability company.

The example business is made up. This page is not legal advice. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.