Application For Starting A New Business Form - Gloucester County (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

Business License Rate Schedule

Businesses that estimate gross receipts of more than $50,000 and flat rate businesses use the tax rate

schedule below; otherwise the license fee of $50.00 applies.

Class AG – Automobile Graveyards/Junkyards = 5-20 vehicles $30.00; over 20 vehicles $50.00. (Prior application must be made with the County Administrator.)

Class AO - Amusement Operators = $50.00 plus .10 per $100 of gross receipts (Upon renewal each year, must furnish list of machines located in Gloucester

County as of January 1

with addresses.)

Class CA – Carnivals = $10.00 per day (Concessions not owned by carnival may require separate license.)

Class CO - Contractors and persons contracting for their own account for sale = .10 per $100 of gross receipts or $50 minimum (Workers’ Compensation

questionnaire must be completed before license can be issued.)

Class DS - Direct sellers = .10 per $100 of gross receipts or $50 minimum. No fee for gross receipts under $4,000.

Class FS – Financial Services = .12 per $100 of gross receipts or $50 minimum.

Class FT - Fortune Tellers, Clairvoyant, Palmistry = $500 fee (Prior to licensing & renewing each year, the applicant must report to the County Sheriff’s office for

a police check, including being photographed and fingerprinted.)

Class IM – Itinerant Merchant of all types = $500.00 fee (must get zoning permit prior to license each year)

Class JY – Junkyard = .10 per $100 of gross receipts (Prior application must be made with the County Administrator.)

Class MP – Massage Parlor = $1,000.00 fee (Prior application at Gloucester County Health Dept. for investigation is required, accompanied by a non-refundable

filing fee of $1,000.00. The license fee is additional.)

Class PE – Peddlers of all types = $500.00 fee (Special peddler’s parking regulations must be met.)

Class PS – Professional Services = .12 per $100 of gross receipts or $50 minimum.

Class RE – Real Estate Services = .12 per $100 of gross receipts or $50 minimum.

Class RM - Retail Merchant = .10 per $100 of gross receipts of $200,000 or less and .20 per $100 of gross receipts over $200,000 or $50 minimum.

Class SE – Services- Repair, Personal, Business Services and all other business occupations = .10 per $100 of gross receipts

Such businesses include, but are not limited to, the following

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Auctioneers

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Barber Shops

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Beauty Shops

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Billboard and Billboard owners

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Bondsman (Must obtain certificate from Judge of Circuit Court of Gloucester County and a copy of $200,000 bond or assets made payable to the

Commonwealth of Virginia is required before license can be issued.)

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Bowling Alleys

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Certified Massage Therapist (Certified by State of Virginia and a Current copy of certificate issued by the Regulatory Board of Virginia is

required before license can be issued.

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Child Care (Five (5) children or less, excluding own, no zoning required; however, check with Social Services for State license details.)

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Cleaning and/or pumping septic tanks

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Commissioned Merchant

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Exterminators

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Health Spa/Services (State requirements must be met before license can be obtained)

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Pawnbrokers (Before license can be issued, authority must be granted by the Circuit Court of Gloucester County and a copy of a $50,000 bond

made Payable to Gloucester County is required)

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Photographers

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Pool Rooms

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Refuse Haulers (Vehicles must pass yearly inspection of County Engineer)

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Security/Investigative Services (Current copy of State License required with list of employees)

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Tourists Courts, travel trailer parks, hotels, motels, motor lodges, etc.

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Undertakers (Current copy of certificate issued by the Regulatory Board of Virginia required before license can be issued)

Class SL – Savings and Loan Associations = $50.00 (Main office only)

Class TE – Telegraph and Telephone Companies = ½ of 1 percent of gross receipts (Charges for long distance telephone calls not included in gross receipts)

Class WA – Water or Heat, Light and Power Companies = ½ of 1 percent of gross receipts

Class WS – Wholesale Merchants of all types = .05 per $100 of gross purchases or $50 minimum.