Business Licenses and Permits

Businesses operating in Hall County, Georgia, are going to be asked to volunteer for a sales tax scheme in an effort to collect more taxes for the state.
Hall County will provide information on the businesses in the area to the Department of Revenue, which will identify those that need to collect more sales taxes …

A credit union auto buying service in Oregon has been found to have been operating without a business license for more than six years.
Autoland Inc. was discovered by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services to have been operating without a business license between November 2004 and March 2010, the Credit Union Times …

A bill proposed by the Republican Party in Utah seeks to revoke a business license if an employer is hiring illegally.
Chris Herrod said that employers should be penalized for hiring an illegal worker and that the state’s E-Verify should be expanded.
Currently, Utah businesses with more than 15 employees must register with the system, which …

Businesses operating in Elgin, Illinois, that have already paid their food business license inspection fees for 2011 could be entitled to a rebate.
As part of a study into whether the city is simply covering its costs with business license fees or actually making money from them, around $10,000 will be given back to firms in …

The Indianapolis Department of Code Enforcement conducted a number of spot checks at a scrap refuse site recently, making sure that businesses operating in the industry had the correct business license.
According to TheIndyChannel.com, people taking scrap from their home do not need a license, but people operating a business selling scrap need a city business license …

The James City County Board of Supervisors could re-examine business license rates after receiving complaints about unfairly high taxes and because some view the existing rules as outdated.
Business owners in the Virginia county must apply for a Business, Professional and Occupational License (BPOL), paying the highest tax rate if they earn more than $100,000 …

People who brew their own beer in North Dakota could, under state law, be allowed a business license to sell their produce.
A bill proposed by Rep. Dan Ruby will be heard by the Industry, Business and Labor Committee in the North Dakota House and if approved would allow home brewers to apply for a state …

Artists and craft-makers working in Ashland, Oregon, could face paying a business license fee in order to sell their work at city booths.
The Ashland City Council will meet early next month to discuss the changes, which would see the vendors paying $75 for the license.
However, artists selling their work for less than four days …

A brewer has managed to obtain a microbrewery business license to operate in San Luis Obispo County, California.
Tap It Brewing Co. will produce its beers at a 10,000 square foot site, the Drinks Business Review reported, selling its first two beers, an India pale ale and an American pale ale, to businesses in California.
The …

Dave Kaptain, city councilman for Elgin, Illinois, has called for that city’s business license program to be re-examined.
He is not calling for the fee to change, the Courier News reported, but is asking for clarification of what businesses get in exchange for paying it.
This is the second year of the program, which saw 2,500 …