Editing Establishing An LLC (section)

=== California EDD ===

If you're in California you'll also have to register with the state for an [https://eddservices.edd.ca.gov/ EDD number] so that you can correctly handle state taxes and so on. This is a straightforward process.

A little while after you finish the online portion, they'll call you from a "No Caller ID" to ask you for your EIN and the street address. I know, it seems like a scam, but that's how they do it and then it'll be approved and you'll get all the information required to run payroll which is:

* Your EDD Number (absolutely required)
* Your Unemployment Insurance Rate (SUI) - this is 3.4% to start with so you could theoretically do without being told
* Whether you have Employment Training Tax (0.1%) - you usually do

The guy on the other side also pointed me to [https://edd.ca.gov/siteassets/files/pdf_pub_ctr/de160.pdf this user guide] and was an all around mensch. But it ''will'' seem like a scam.