Business Licenses and Permits

The City Council of East Wenatchee, WA is considering increasing the business license fees for the first time in 30 years. The business license fees will increase incrementally over a period of three years and the increased percentage will depend on the size of the business. If implemented the new license fees will bring the …

The City Council of Murrieta, CA is considering passing a new law requiring all businesses to check the immigration status of their new employees in order to obtain a business license. To be able to verify their new employees’ status, Murrieta businesses will have to use the E-Verify system. The system was developed by the …

Mountain towns in Utah are now preparing for the ski season. In order to avoid losing sales tax money, some towns are considering requiring a business license for short-term property rentals. Properties rented for less than thirty consecutive days are considered short-term property rentals. By asking short-term property rentals owners to apply for a business …

On Monday night, a new ordinance was approved by the City Council of Anderson, SC. The new ordinance will allow motor-less vehicles such as rickshaws, pedicabs and horse-drawn carriages to operate in the city. All businesses offering motor-less transportation services will need to apply for a business license, and anyone operating the vehicles will have …

Daniel Clarence Medlock, owner of Cutting Edge Hardwood Floors in Richland, WA faces up to one year in jail or payment of $12,500 in restitution to one of his customers for whom he took the deposit payment but never performed the work.  Madlock was not registered as a contractor with the Department of Labor and …

Most business are required to have the applicable business licenses required at state, county and municipality level to be able to operate the business in compliance with the jurisdictions’ requirements. There are also some types of businesses that in addition to the state, county and municipal business license requirements will be required to obtain licensing …

The City Council of Banning, CA approved an annual $50 business license for massage therapy business owners or operators. As it is, the business license fee does not include finger-printing or a background check on the massage therapy business owners, even though some massage therapists in Banning are urging the Council to include it.The new …

Commissioners in Coweta County, GA are working on improving the special events ordinance. The changes will be reflected in all three components of the ordinance (the zoning ordinance, business license and the alcohol serving ordinance). The new ordinance will make it easier for people to use their residence for commercial special events. Coweta County residents …

With an estimated $15 billion in illegal cannabis transactions in California each year, the citizens in Encinitas, CA will have to decide on Election Day on “Proposition 19” also known as “Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010”. The measure will allow the local government to impose business license fees, transactions fees and sales …

Many states require vendors to pay a Sales Tax or a Use Tax for retail sales, leases of tangible property and services subject to taxation. The Use Tax is complementary to the Sales Tax and it is usually applied to out of state vendors. However, some out of state vendors are required to pay the …