State inspectors will visit storefronts throughout Van Nuys and Torrance next month as part of a statewide crackdown on businesses that lack licenses and fail to pay taxes.

They are among seven communities targeted by the Board of Equalization to ensure that local businesses are collecting sales taxes from customers and maintaining legal licenses.

An estimated 97 percent of California businesses register for state permits. The campaign, called the Statewide Compliance and Outreach Program, targets those that don’t.

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