Politics & Government

Enforcing Payment of Business Licenses Nets Richmond Thousands of Dollars

The city has collected $26,437.63 in business license taxes that were either overdue or would have gone unpaid.

The City of Richmond has collected thousands of dollars in new taxes since September when a new city worker started enforcing the law requiring business owners to register their business with the city, Mayor Tom Butt said in his electronic newsletter.

The city has collected $26,437.63 in business license taxes that were either overdue or would have gone unpaid before the new system was put in place. The latest collections are averaging more than $3,000 a week, the mayor said in his newsletter. Nearly 1,000 violation notices have been sent out.

Separately, city officials have collected $27,100 in transient occupancy tax from 18 property owners who rent their homes through Airbnb.

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