Business Licenses and Permits

Small businesses are being urged to set up their firms in Richland County and the city of Columbia, South Carolina. Officials in both areas are offering incentives to small business owners, such as funding for construction improvements and support for start-ups.
This comes after critics accused both Richland County and Columbia as being the most …

Property owners who rent out their homes over the summer in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, could require a business license if a bylaw is passed.
City officials are considering the fee, which would likely charge $50 per property, as seen in other local towns.
They claim that homeowners would not have to obtain the license, but without it, …

The city council of Glendale, Ariz., has rubber-stamped a new $20 business license application fee that will come into effect March 1st, azcentral.com reports.
It has been confirmed that the fee will cover a variety of business licenses that did not previously come with an application fee.
The application fee will therefore cover “commercial rental of real property, …

Many artists selling their work in Chicago are unaware that they are required to have a Limited Business License, director of membership programs and media at the Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Alyson Klobas, has said.
According to the Medill Reports at Northwest University, there are around 20 different businesses that require this type of license, …

A man has faced a court appearance after he was found to be operating a retail company without a business license in Kirksville, Missouri.
Steve Collins requested a jury trial to consider his case after it was scheduled in the municipal court, in which he was accused of running his company without a city business …

A hearing on a bill that would impose fines on firms that fail to obtain a state business license in Nevada has been postponed.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee was set to meet to discuss Assembly Bill 78 today, but Secretary of State Ross Miller, who sought the new law, plans to clarify some of the language …

Changes have been made to the way business licenses will be charged in Virginia.
Yesterday a Senate committee approved the plans for localities to tax businesses on their taxable income rather than on their gross receipts.
This means that regions that impose a Business Professional Occupational License (BPOL) can now choose how they tax businesses. Currently, 46 of …

New legislation has passed out of committee this week in Utah, stating that all companies that are found to have hired “undocumented workers” will have their business licenses revoked.
Under what is the first immigration bill of the legislative session, business licenses will be suspended for three days on the first offense, extending to a year …

A retailer in Lake George, New York, has been granted a business license after coming into trouble regarding an unlawful expansion of his retail space.
Kevin Quinn, who owns Leather Outlet and International Liquidators Inc., has since 2009 been using tents to expand his retail space, violating zoning rules. Because of this, Quinn was not granted …

One assemblyman has taken issue with Assembly Bill 78 in Carson City, Nevada, which proposes that firms pay at least $1,000 for failing to obtain or renew state business licenses within 30 days notice.
According to assemblyman Mark Sherwood, the bill could rise to $10,000, even if a business accidentally fails to reply to the …