{"id":4515,"date":"2015-09-12T21:26:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T21:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.safeandtrusted.com\/cms\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2016-09-12T20:46:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T20:46:41","slug":"why-does-it-matter-if-the-business-is-licensed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/?p=4515","title":{"rendered":"Does It Matter if the Business is Licensed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/iStock_000045851238_Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4608\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/iStock_000045851238_Small-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Permits Inspections Licenses Codes Words Arrow Road Signs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/iStock_000045851238_Small-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/iStock_000045851238_Small-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/iStock_000045851238_Small.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Some businesses will indicate that it is simply a tax grab. \u00a0We see it differently.<\/p>\n<p>A business intends to follow all the rules of being in business is sending you a message that they are doing everything possible to gain your trust.<\/p>\n<p>The business that says it is a tax grab is saying that rules do not matter.\u00a0What else does not matter to the business owner?\u00a0 Avoid businesses that are not licensed if that is the requirement.<\/p>\n<p>If a contractor does not have a license, they simply won&#8217;t get a permit. Without a permit there likely will be no inspection. \u00a0When you sell your house this may become a permanent liability if you have done some types of renovations to your house without a permit.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_100558113_SMALL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7334\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_100558113_SMALL-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_100558113_SMALL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_100558113_SMALL-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_100558113_SMALL.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Site as a matter of policy does not recommend, accredit, suggest, promote, or validate any business over another. \u00a0Consumers do that through reviews. \u00a0Subscription types give business owners different advertising options, but the Site does not suggest that credibility determines subscription level. \u00a0Users can use the advanced features of the Credentials Search to determine the degree of reliability for each business.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The business and the consumer determine transactions with each other and Safe and Trusted Canada does not mediate complaints, issues, or concerns. A business that has an F-Rating with Better Business Business Bureau cannot have account status and becomes an Information Only profile.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some businesses will indicate that it is simply a tax grab. \u00a0We see it differently. A business intends to follow all the rules of being in business is sending you a message that they are doing everything possible to gain your trust. The business that says it is a tax grab is saying that rules [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4515"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7390,"href":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4515\/revisions\/7390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.safeandtrusted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}