Okaloosa County Tax Collector

County Business Tax Receipt

The Okaloosa County Tax Collector's Business Tax Receipts page states that a receipt is issued to businesses operating in Okaloosa County and that "Anyone providing merchandise or services to the public, including one-person companies and home-based occupations, must obtain a county business tax receipt to operate." The page publishes the fee as "$35 per location, regardless of the nature of the business", and states that new receipts are issued at any time of year for $35 and expire on September 30, and that receipts become eligible for renewal each July. New businesses apply online; renewals are taken online (e-check payments carry no fee, card payments add a user fee), by calling #TAX (#829), by mail or at the drop boxes outside each office, and the page states that in-office renewals are not offered. Before a receipt is issued, the page states, a business must meet the city, county, state and federal conditions that apply to it, and "Certain businesses require an inspection or a state license before a business tax receipt can be issued in Okaloosa County"; it lists restaurants, food concessions, "Mobile Food Units", take-out and catering among the businesses inspected by DBPR's Division of Hotels and Restaurants, which is why this record includes food trucks. A home business in the unincorporated county must agree to Growth Management's requirements before the receipt is issued. The page also states that a business within a city limit needs both a municipal license and this county receipt. Tax Collector: (850) 651-7300.