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Report on past due business licenses
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SUMMARY:
Councilmember Danny Wyatt has requested a report from the City Clerk on past due business licenses.
Attached are the latest numbers of delinquent businesses. Since the last report, the State has closed a number of licenses and more delinquent returns are being filed. The City Clerk has discussed the matter with the Director of Business Tax for the State and confirmed that the State is in charge of enforcement and collection. The City has no role except to send letters to businesses that they are delinquent and need to file a return with the State.
Reports of businesses that had not registered with the State have been sent to the State and they have assigned state tax numbers to the majority of them. In addition, the City’s software has been upgraded with a report that is sent weekly to the State of new businesses with all of their information. A kiosk has also been installed behind the Assistant City Clerk’s desk and new businesses are assisted in registering their businesses with the State while they are at City Hall.
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