Business Licenses and Permits

Market vendors operating at California’s South Pasadena Farmers Market will soon be allowed to pay a reduced fee on their business license.
The South Pasadena City Council unanimously voted to exempt vendors from paying the Business Improvement Tax from the license, saving $36 a year.
Now, stallholders will pay $109 a year for a business license.
In addition, councillors …

Business license revenues collected in Scottsboro, Ala., fell in the 2009-10 fiscal year, new figures show.
According to finance director Rick Wheeler, the city raised $776,303 last year from business licenses, while the year before revenue was $834,214.
This represents a decline of $57,911, which Wheeler attributes to the global economic crisis.
Speaking to the Daily …

Business owners in the city of Atmore, Alabama, have until January 31 to renew their business license or incur a fine.
Any license unpaid after this date will be given a 15 per cent penalty, warned Mary Carter, revenue officer for the City of Atmore.
Speaking to the Atmore Advance, Carter said that business licenses should …

The South Pasadena city council is set to discuss recent opposition to introducing a business license fee for vendors at the local farmers market.
It was recently reported that vendors operating at the weekly market in the California city who are not farmers will, beginning this month, have to pay $145 a year for a …

Service contract sellers operating in the state of Missouri could soon be required to apply for a business license after a number of companies have been found to be deceiving customers.
Chris Koster, Missouri attorney general, released a report stating that owing to a “frenzy of telemarketing fraud and deception,” service contract sellers should be …

A city councilor in Boston, Massachusetts, has called for all business owners with regular contact with the public to have a criminal background check and fingerprinting when applying for a business license.
Councilor Rob Consalvo filed the ordinance, which would require businesses such as taxi drivers and bike messengers to undertake the more rigorous checks.
He told the …

A tapas restaurant in York, Pennsylvania, is getting set to open after obtaining its business license.
La Casa de Tapas has also acquired its health department permit and liquor license from the state of Pennsylvania. It is now just waiting on its occupancy inspection before it can open, owner Joyce Salazar told the York Daily …

People who operate home businesses including day care centers in Ashland City, Oregon, could be required to apply for a business license as the council seeks to change business license rules.
The council believes that there are a large number of businesses operating from home and although the exact number is unknown, it is thought …

A veterinary facility in Menasha, Wisconsin, has applied for a new business license as it seeks to move to a bigger site.
Appanasha Pet Clinic has outgrown its current site and hopes to relocate to a 2.4-acre site at Midway Business Park, The Post Crescent reported.
An informal hearing held last week did not oppose the …

The city of Gadsden, Alabama, will enact a three-year program of fines for firms that lack a business license.
Gadsden’s council confirmed the move on Friday, Jan. 14, which will allow Revenue Discovery Systems (RDS) to collect unpaid taxes in an effort to boost the city’s revenues from business licenses, reported the Gadsden Times.
RDS will compare …