Business Licenses
The City of Grand Terrace has transitioned to a new business license administrator - HdL
All businesses have been assigned new business license account numbers
To renew online each business will need the following:
a. The new business license account number, and
b. A vendor assigned Web Pin.
Please e-mail the Finance department at [email protected] with the business name and business address to request the new account number and web pin.
The deadline for business license renewals is extended to March 31, 2021.
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Any person, firm or corporation conducting or carrying on business within the city limits shall be charged a business license tax based upon the following schedules.
Gross Receipts Tax Schedule
Each person conducting or carrying on a fixed business location located in the city shall pay a business license tax based upon their annual gross receipts as follows:
Business License Tax Gross Receipts
$30.00 flat rate
$50.00 flat rate
$70.00 flat rate
$120.00 flat rate
$170.00 flat rate
$220.00 flat rate
$270.00 flat rate
$320.00 flat rate |
Under $49,999
$50,000 to $99,000
$100,000 to $149,999
$150,000 to $199,999
$200,000 to $299,999
$300,000 to $499,999
$500,000 to $699,999
$700,000 to $999,999 |
| $320.00 plus $0.25 per $1,000 gross receipts over $1,000,000 to a maximum of $1,200. |
Flat Rate Tax Schedule
Each person carrying on or conducting any business within the city and not having been specifically taxed under any other chapter of this title shall pay a business license tax levied at the flat rate set forth as follows:
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Business Type
Auctioneer
Outdoor festival, carnival, circus, itinerant food concessions
Fairs, circuses, special events
and traveling shows per concession
Contractor, State Licensed General and Engineering
All Others
Dancing (Public, without charge)
Dancing (Public for profit)
Delivery by vehicle
Handbill distributor
Peddler/Solicitor
Professional, outside (e.g., engineer, physician, surveyor)
Real Estate Broker
Security Services
Service Company (e.g., landscape, pool service)
Swap meet
Transportation, passenger
Business office
Billboard
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Fee
$25.00 per day
$150.00 per day
$20.00 per event
$150.00 annually
$80.00 annually
$25.00 per quarter
$10.00 per day or $35.00 per quarter
$35.00 annually per vehicle
$40.00 per day
$40.00 per quarter
$80.00 annually
$50.00 annually
$80.00 annually
$50.00 annually
$80.00 annually
$50.00 annually
$50.00 annually
$1,500.00 per side annually
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Penalties
Failure to pay a business license tax when due shall result in a penalty of ten percent of the license fee on the last day of each month after the tax is due. The amount of the penalty shall not exceed fifty percent of the amount of the license tax due.