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- Do I need a business licence or anything like that to be a freelance web and graphic designer from home?
Janet McCausland
Home-based BusinessGenerally, you need a "license" when you need special permission -- like a license to practice law or medicine. There's usually no special "license" needed for graphic or web design. However, if you are doing your freelance work under a name other than your own -- for example, "Robin Smith Graphics" (instead of just "Robin Smith"), you will have to file a business certificate with the municipal government or registries. As long as your home business isn't impacting the people around your home, you likely won't need any permits.
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Janet McCausland, Co-Director (Ottawa) of Entrepreneurial Moms International, a growing global family of networking communities built by local moms who are running their own businesses or plan to embark on their own venture.
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