Business Licenses

Local Business Taxes

Local Business Tax Renewals are due September 30th.

If you have a business in Tarpon Springs, be on the lookout for your local business tax renewal in the mail or your email. Be sure if you have signed up for email renewal, and you do not receive the notice, check your spam or junk mail folders. If you do not receive your local business tax renewal either in the mail or via email, please contact the Building Development office by email or by calling. If you have not registered your business with the City of Tarpon Springs, you can find the links for the ordinance and application below.

• A.§ 11-2. - Definitions. Local Business Tax Receipt or Receipt. The method by which the city grants the privilege of engaging in or managing any business, profession, or occupation within its jurisdiction. No one shall conduct any business unless such person shall first procure a local business tax receipt to conduct the same from the city. It does not mean any fees or local business tax paid to any board, commission, or officer for permits, registration, examination, or inspection.
• § 11-3. - Local Business Tax Receipt Required. No person shall engage in or manage any business, occupation, or profession for which there is a local business tax required by this article unless that person first procures a local business tax receipt from the city to conduct the business, occupation, or profession. (Ordinance 2013-06, passed March 19, 2013)
• State Law Reference- Authority to levy occupational license tax, see F.S. § 205.042; limitations on issuance, see F.S. § 205.043
• Local Business Tax Ordinance
• Local Business Tax Application (PDF)
• Local Business Tax Renewal Instructions 2024 to 2025 (PDF)
• Local Business Tax Step By Step (PDF)
• Local Business Tax Renewals Online
• Print your Local Business Tax Online