§ 150-953. New business; license due upon commencement.
No person shall commence any business within the city without first paying a tentative license tax and after obtaining the approval of the department of safety and permits. Within 40 days after commencing the business, each person shall compute in the manner provided by section 150-957 the balance of the license tax, if any, owed for the year in which the business is started and pay such tax balance. When the business is begun prior to July first of any year, the tentative tax shall be the minimum annual rate for the particular class of business in cases in which the tax is based on gross receipts, sales, fees, premiums or commissions, or the full annual rate in cases in which the tax is based on a specific amount per unit. When the business is begun on or after July first of any year, the tentative tax shall be one-half of the minimum annual rate or the specific amount per unit, as the case may be.
(Code 1956, § 70-3; Ord. No. 19,937, § I, 12-1-00)
State law reference
Similar provisions, R.S. 47:344.