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*You are the owner of a janitorial business about 7 months new**. Do you have an Accountant,*
A lawyer. Everybody in business should be able to reach out for professional advice.
Your Lawyer, Your Accountant should know you and your background (like why you put
the business into my wife's name). Is your wife active and part if the business??
Same questions as to bank accounts.

Have you developed a Business and Marketing Plan??
Do you know about SCORE?? SCORE is FREE.

Good luck, LUCKIEST

I know that "consult an attorney" isn't very helpful, but federal laws that impact the answer to your question have changed in the past year (and California laws on this can be tricky anyway) -- so there are many "it depends" issues that could affect what you need to do and how you'd need to do it (for instance, whether the business has an EIN and whose SSN is tied to it, whose SSN is tied to other aspects of business - hers or both, your tax filing status - single or joint, whether you filed forms to be/not be treated as a partnership, etc.).

Since the long-term consequences of doing this wrong could be significant, I'd hate to assume something and mislead you. So as much as I'd like to suggest a simple (and free) solution, I can't. Anyone else here have an answer?

Good luck to you.