Reviving this thread with my positive experience.
I did my SB100 registration at the San Francisco Fell St location this morning and it was a breeze. I had done all the paperwork, paid the taxes and gotten a sequence number two weeks ago and then just showed up 2 hours before they opened this morning to get the actual sequence number. I was first in line and the only SB100 I'm aware of that was there. I was out the door in <45 minutes. Very easy.
While the demand for SB100 seems to have abated (FWIW I heard it wasn't until March that the 2012 ones were exhausted), I still highly recommend doing all your paperwork a few weeks beforehand. They'll hem and haw a little and try to get rid of you by asking "did you actually stand in line?" (yes...), saying it's not possible, etc., but if you've cleanly organized you paperwork and are courteous, they'll get you to the right person and then that part is a quick process.
What does help is if you put all your math on some paper for how you calculated taxes, since you can deduct all the CA taxes already paid. I had even brought credit card statements, copies of checks, etc. though ended up not needing them. I think just showing up there in good faith as an open book goes a long way in them getting you through the process swiftly.
All in, not a bad process at all, though preparation is key.
Tim
I did my SB100 registration at the San Francisco Fell St location this morning and it was a breeze. I had done all the paperwork, paid the taxes and gotten a sequence number two weeks ago and then just showed up 2 hours before they opened this morning to get the actual sequence number. I was first in line and the only SB100 I'm aware of that was there. I was out the door in <45 minutes. Very easy.
While the demand for SB100 seems to have abated (FWIW I heard it wasn't until March that the 2012 ones were exhausted), I still highly recommend doing all your paperwork a few weeks beforehand. They'll hem and haw a little and try to get rid of you by asking "did you actually stand in line?" (yes...), saying it's not possible, etc., but if you've cleanly organized you paperwork and are courteous, they'll get you to the right person and then that part is a quick process.
What does help is if you put all your math on some paper for how you calculated taxes, since you can deduct all the CA taxes already paid. I had even brought credit card statements, copies of checks, etc. though ended up not needing them. I think just showing up there in good faith as an open book goes a long way in them getting you through the process swiftly.
All in, not a bad process at all, though preparation is key.
Tim
