Houston County Shelves Delinquent Taxes Requirement for City Business Licenses

For the past six months, officials on the Vision 2020 committee have discussed mandating the collection of delinquent Houston County taxes from business owners as a perquisite for obtaining local business licenses.

Currently, business owners in Warner Robins and Perry are required to pay their city delinquent taxes before obtaining their respective city business licenses. County officials wanted to expand this requirement to include the payment of past-due county taxes before obtaining city business licenses. The method of enforcing the payment of taxes would’ve also been extended to the City of Centerville.

County officials discarded the idea because of legal concerns. As Macon quotes Centerville City Attorney Rebecca Tydings having said, “It’s pretty clear from research that we can’t withhold city business licenses for monies owed to another jurisdiction.”

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