Austin American-Statesman - Austin, TX
Computer technicians performing routine repairs are being required to obtain "unnecessary and irrelevant" private investigator's licenses, a libertarian law group is arguing in district court. More...

Andalusia Star-News - Andalusia, AL
The Moorpark City Council approved Wednesday increasing the annual registration fee for both new and existing businesses in the city. More...

Eyewitness News - Memphis, TN
Last year that changed, the Shelby County Clerks Office started cracking down on process servers, requiring them to provide updated documentation - like a business license - once a year. More...

Ventura County Star - Ventura County, CA
The owner of two Covington County pharmacies is challenging the City of Andalusia and the City of Florala in civil court over the ways the entities assess fees for business licenses. More...

The Examiner - Washington DC
Officials are warning more than 7,000 businesses of "significant penalties" if they don't get their basic business licenses renewed this month. More...

The Cadiz Record - Trigg County, KY
The Cadiz City Council adopted a budget for 2008-2009 at their regular meeting last week, as well as a first reading of new occupational license tax ordinance. More...

TMCnet - Ashland, KY
Boyd County officials will pay off more than $1.5 million in county debts this month as a result of higher revenues from the net profits tax on businesses. More...

The Daily Courier - Prescott, AZ
For years, city staff members have maintained that Prescott needs a business license - a program that they say would provide an important tool for tracking business activity in the community. More...

Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena, CA
The City Council has approved hikes in fees, taxes and charges affecting everything from film production to massage parlors to taxi cab drivers. More...

TH Online - Dubuque, IA
The city is left just as much in the dark as the consumer when an establishment decides to close. More...

The Telegraph - Alton, IL
Beginning May 5, residents of a specific area Downtown will be able to buy parking decals allowing them to park for unlimited times on designated streets. More...

Upstate Today - Pendleton, SC
An amendment to Pendleton’s business license ordinance will not impact the basic cost of licenses. Changes approved by town council Monday include a $70 solid waste-tipping fee for all in-town businesses. Anderson County mandates the fee to help defray the costs of solid waste. More...

Tahoe Daily Tribune - South Lake Tahoe, CA
The city is revamping the way it collects delinquent business and professions taxes. MaryAnne Brand, accounting manager for the city of South Lake Tahoe, asked the city council on March 18 to amend city code sections regarding tax rates and licensing. More...

The Eureka Reporter - Eureka, CA
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee approved a bill by state Assemblymember Patty Berg that would make it easier for California’s veterans to set up local businesses. More...

AZStarNet.com - Sahuarita, AZ
Note to Sahuarita entrepreneurs: To hold down expenses, you may want to pick up that business license now, before it doubles in cost. More...

The Suncoast News - Pasco County, FL
The owner of a furniture-customizing business in the Trinity area recently shared his "horror story" about costly delays from Pasco County's permitting process. More...

The Times-Journal - Dekalb County, GA
A solicitor’s permit or transit merchant license is required for anyone wishing to sell products in the Fort Payne city limits. More...

Mail Tribune - Medford, OR
After a year and a half of batting around its controversial business license fee, the city of Medford is modifying its rules to allow discretion to waive or reduce the fee for businesses outside the city. More...

The Madison Courier - Carrollton, IN
After choosing not to proceed with a proposed rental property ordinance two weeks ago, the Carrollton City Council instead had a first reading of an ordinance that would charge landlords a business license fee based on the number of rental properties the landlord owns and operates. More...

WALB News 10 - Albany, GA
Albany business owners who haven't paid for their Occupational Tax Certificate must pay up-- or face a penalty.  The deadline to pay is Monday. It's part of a concentrated effort to enforce the city ordinance that requires every commercial and non-profit business to have an occupational tax certificate. More...

The Times-Herald - Vallejo, CA
More than 1,000 Vallejo business owners were recently sent letters informing them they're being audited to make sure they don't owe the city more money for their business licenses, city officials said. More...

The Record-Courier - Douglas County, NV
Sixty-seven percent of 87 businesses surveyed by the Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce oppose a new business license tax under consideration this week by Douglas County commissioners. More...

Tulare Advance-Register - Tulare County, CA
Some businesses in Tulare County will be required to obtain a business license starting Jan. 1. More...

The LookOut News - Santa Monica, CA
A citywide crackdown launched in November has brought more than 1,000 Santa Monica entrepreneurs operating without a business license into compliance, with more than half taking advantage of a month-long amnesty period that ended April 15, City officials said. More...

The County Press - Lapeer County, MI
A couple's fairy tale wedding is without a happy ending. More...

The Brunswick News - Brunswick, GA
It may soon cost individuals more to work out of their homes in Glynn County. More...

Saturday, June 23, 2007
L.A. prosecutor's wife's business didn't have a city business license

The Union Tribune - San Diego, CA
LOS ANGELES – A consulting and business development company operated by the wife of City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo failed to file state tax returns for several years and did not have a city business license, it was reported Saturday. More...

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
When life hands you lemons...get license, sheepish police tell boys

The Boston Globe - Salem, MA
SALEM -- They may have been squeezed out of the lemonade business, but two Salem boys say they are not bitter. More...

Thursday, June 7, 2007
Small-Business Soap: License to Launch

TheStreet.com - New York, NY
Welcome to the Small-Business Soap series, in which we follow a start-up in real time. Getting a small business off the ground can have as many twists and turns as a daytime drama. But unlike television plots, these stories can inspire and educate entrepreneurs -- be sure to tune in every Wednesday to find out how. More...

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
City: Pay up or face the consequences

The Saginaw News - Saginaw, MI
Saginaw City Hall is really starting to mind other peoples' business. Officials have begun prosecuting upwards of 30 business owners, some of the 260 or so who failed to pay the annual general business license fee of $50 to $150. More...

Friday, April 6, 2007
Pot store to remain closed

The Desert Sun - Palm Springs, CA
A county judge ruled Thursday that a medical marijuana dispensary in Desert Hot Springs must remain closed because it opened without a business license. The dispensary, at 11-924 Palm Drive, near Pierson Boulevard, opened several months ago without a business license after Camper accused the city of dragging its heels during the licensing process. More...

Thursday, March 29, 2007
Aldermen mull business fines for business license non-compliance

The Republican - Chicopee, MA
Instead of suspending or revoking a business's license for noncompliance, the Board of Aldermen could soon have the option to fine them. More...

Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Central Valley couple get prison terms for illegal remitter business

Central Valley Business Times - Sacramento, CA
Serey Van, 32 and Thanh Van, 42, both of Stockton, have been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a large-scale illegal money remitter business, prosecutors say. More...

Sunday, January 28, 2007
Ripley council looking to extend requirement for business licenses

The Ledger Independent - Ripley, OH
It's back to the drawing board for the Ripley Village Council and its solicitor. More...

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Restaurants decry tax plan

The Boston Herald - Boston, MA
Gov. Deval Patrick's support of legislation that would allow Massachusetts’ 351 communities to individually set local meal taxes - by an additional 1 to 3 percent above the 5 percent state tax - is drawing industry darts. More...

Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Businesses wary as council weighs merits of fee changes

Mail Tribune - Medford, OR
FEES MAY BE ADOPTED THURSDAY
A proposed business license fee to pay for additional police officers and firefighters is sparking mixed reactions from commercial business owners in Medford.  More...

Sunday, December 3, 2006
Business license fees a patchwork

The Examiner - San Francisco, CA 
The amount of money a business pays to be licensed varies wildly city by city from San Francisco down the Peninsula, from a low, flat $25 in Colma to tens of thousands of dollars for Daly City’s biggest businesses. More...