Business Licenses and Permits

The City of Kansas City is warning its residents to beware of door-to-door meat sales.  According to Kansas City Info Zine, the city Health Department has received complaints that an unlicensed vendor has been selling meat from an unmarked truck.  The Health Department is warning residents that any vendor selling food should not be trusted …

City Council members in East Wenatchee, Washington have discarded a proposal to increase business license fees.  According to the Wenatchee World, the council thought that increasing fees would discourage business growth.  The proposal did not even make it to a vote at the November 23rd council meeting, and will likely stay off the table until …

The City Council in Fernley, Nevada has tabled a proposal that would change licensing regulations for child care businesses.  The new regulations would only affect in-home child care businesses with 1-4 children.  Larger child care providers are already regulated by the state and the city.  The state has no jurisdiction over smaller, in-home child care …

The Public Services Committee in Augusta, Georgia is considering raising business license fees by 10%. This fee increase will have the greatest effect on liquor licenses. If the increase passes a restaurant that service alcohol could pay an additional $400 annually in license fees. If the restaurant sells liquor on Sunday their license fee would …

One of the most difficult aspects to starting a commercial food business is finding space to prepare food items to sell.  In most states you can not operate a food business from your home, so unless you have the money to buy your own space the next best thing is renting time at a commercial …

In order to help fill a $21.6 million budget gap the City of Lynnwood, Washington is considering raising its business license tax fees. According to The Everett Herald, the business license increase along with property and utility tax increases would raise $7.5 million for the city. If the city does not increase fees there would …

The unemployment fund in West Virginia is in danger of running out of money.  In the short term the state is hoping to boost the unemployment fund with $30 million of state money.  Legislators are also looking for long term solutions to fix the fund.  The first idea is to charge employers more unemployment tax.  …

The State of Delaware has cancelled its 5 cent deposit fee for recyclable containers in favor of a new 4 cent fee to be paid by retailers.  As part of this new program all retailers that sell beverages in recyclable containers must register for a Retail Beverage Container Business License.  The license has no fee, …

Sometimes we see stories where it appears that local license and permit regulations are being taken too far.  Recently a Town of New Castle, NY Councilman called the cops on a bake sale operating in the town without a permit.  The bake sale was being run by two 13 year old boys.  The boys were selling cupcakes, cookies, …

A property owner in Grass Valley, California recently found out the hard way that he was required to have a business license.  According to TheUnion.com, Kenneth Meyers received a letter from the city alerting him to unpaid licensing fees.  Meyers does not own a business in the traditional sense, but he rents commercial space to …