But if you are an online company with even just customers in California or a single employee, the CA tax board will chase you to the ends of the earth to get th

But if you are an online company with even just customers in California or a single employee, the CA tax board will chase you to the ends of the earth to get their $800 minimum franchise tax. That is whether you make a single dollar or not. Doesn't matter if you live there, are registered there, or have offices there. If you have an employee or a minimum level of sales or even contractors in CA, they want the greater of $800 annually or a tax on the proportion of profit made from California customers.