<font color="#000000" face="Calibri" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">Before you can apply for the CBE Program, you must verifiy your eligibility.</span></font><br style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><br style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">In order to be eligible for CBE certification, in addition to other requirements, your business must meet the following criteria: </span></font><br style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><br style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><ol style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.008px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">The principal office of the business enterprise must be located in the District of Columbia<br><br></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 13.008px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; line-height: 1.538em;">The chief executive officer and the highest level managerial employees of the business enterprise must perform their managerial functions in their principal office located in the District<br></span><br></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">The business must demonstrate it meets one of the following:</span><br><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">More than 50% of the employees of the business enterprise are residents of the District; or</span><br></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">The owners of more than 50% of the business enterprise are residents of the District; or</span><br></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">More than 50% of the assets of the business enterprise, excluding bank accounts, are located in the District; or </span><br></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">More than 50% of the business enterprise’s gross receipts are District gross receipts.<br></span><br></span></span></span></li></ul></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.008px;"><span style="line-height: 20.0063px; font-size: 13.008px;">Can demonstrate one of the followin</span><span style="line-height: 1.538em; font-size: 13.008px;">g:</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><ul style="line-height: 20.0063px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 13.008px;"><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">Is properly licensed under DC law; </span><br></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">Is subject to tax under DC law (Chapter 18 of Title 47); or</span><br></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">The business enterprise is a business enterprise identified in D.C. Official Code § 47-1808.01(1) through (5) and more than 50% of the business is owned by residents of the District.</span></span></span></li></ul></span></li></ol>
Before you can apply for the CBE Program, you must verifiy your eligibility.
<br>
<br>
<span>In order to be eligible for CBE certification, in addition to
other requirements, your business must meet the following
criteria: </span>
<br>
<br>
<ol>
<li>The principal office of the business enterprise must be located in
the District of Columbia<br> <br>
</li>
<li><b>The chief executive officer and the highest level managerial
employees of the business enterprise must perform their managerial
functions in their principal office located in the District<br> <br></b>
</li>
<li>The business must demonstrate it meets one of the following:<br>
<ul>
<li>More than 50% of the employees of the business enterprise are residents
of the District; or<br></li>
<li><span>The
owners of more than 50% of the business enterprise are residents
of the District; or<br></span></li>
<li>More
than 50% of the assets of the business enterprise, excluding
bank accounts, are located in the District; or <br></li>
<li>More
than 50% of the business enterprise’s gross receipts are
District gross receipts.<br>
<br></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Can demonstrate
one of the following:<br>
<ul>
<li>Is
properly licensed under DC law; <br></li>
<li>Is
subject to tax under DC law (Chapter 18 of Title 47); or<br></li>
<li>The
business enterprise is a business enterprise identified in D.C.
Official Code § 47-1808.01(1) through (5) and more than 50% of
the business is owned by residents of the District.</li>
</ul></li>
</ol>