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Osceola County

Osceola County Tax Collector, Local Business Tax

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Osceola County Tax Collector, Local Business Tax issues 2 permits we publish for Osceola County, last verified 2026-10-09. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
County Local Business Tax ReceiptOsceola County Tax Collector, Local Business Tax$30 a year per business location (County Code Sec. 13-27); $15.00 for a business first liable from April 1 (Sec. 13-36)annual; receipts are due on or before September 30 and expire at midnight on September 30 each year (County Code Sec. 13-35(a)); no receipt is issued for more than one year2026-10-09
Small-Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Surchargeonly if it applies to youOsceola County Tax Collector, Local Business Tax$20 a year, in addition to the local business tax (County Code Sec. 13-50)annual, with the local business tax receipt2026-10-09

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

County Local Business Tax Receipt

County Code Sec. 13-26 bars anyone from engaging in or managing a business, profession or occupation within Osceola County without a local business tax receipt from the Tax Collector, and Sec. 13-27 sets one uniform tax of $30.00 per business location regardless of classification. The Tax Collector's Local Business Tax Receipt page states that a business inside a city limit needs both a municipal license and the county receipt, so a business in Kissimmee or St. Cloud owes this $30.00 as well. Under Sec. 13-36 a business that was not liable during the first half of the receipt year pays half, $15.00, from April 1. The Tax Collector's page lists $45.00 for a new business starting between July 1 and September 30; because Sec. 13-35(a) limits each receipt to one year, that $45.00 is the Tax Collector's combined payment for the rest of the current receipt year plus the next full year. Renewal is $30.00, due by September 30. Under Sec. 13-40(a) a late renewal adds 10 percent in October and 5 percent for each month after, capped at 25 percent; the Tax Collector's page prints these as $3.00 (October), $4.50 (November), $6.00 (December) and $7.50 (January, the maximum). Sec. 13-40(b) adds a 25 percent penalty for operating without a receipt, Sec. 13-40(c) allows a penalty of up to $250 plus costs after 150 days, and Sec. 13-39(a) charges double the fee when field inspectors find an unlicensed business. Transfers cost 10 percent of the annual tax, at least $3.00 and at most $25.00 (Sec. 13-35(b)-(c)), plus 50 percent of the transfer fee if a location change is not transferred within 30 days. In the unincorporated area the applicant must show proof of proper zoning at a street address (Sec. 13-34(a)). Sec. 13-47 requires each independent contractor, including a beautician renting a space from a beauty shop operator and a subcontractor working for a general contractor, to hold an individual receipt. The Tax Collector's March 2026 Information Guide for New Business Owners states that businesses selling or serving food must be inspected by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or the Division of Hotels and Restaurants before obtaining the county receipt, and that DBPR-registered or certified contractors whose business location is not within Osceola County would not be required to have an Osceola County receipt. The county Licensing page lists food trucks among businesses that take a receipt. Tax Collector main office: 2501 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy., Kissimmee (407-742-4000).

Small-Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Surcharge

County Code Sec. 13-50 requires every person identified as a small quantity generator of hazardous wastes to pay an annual surcharge of $20.00 in addition to the local business tax. The county solid waste department periodically gives the Tax Collector the names of those identified as small quantity generators, and the money goes to the solid waste and resource recovery fund to pay for the county's local hazardous waste assessment program and the small quantity generator notification and reporting programs required by F.S. §§403.7234 and 403.7236. An auto repair shop that the county identifies as a small quantity generator pays this $20.00 each year with its $30.00 Local Business Tax Receipt; a shop that is not on that list does not owe the surcharge.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Osceola County
Phone
407-742-4000

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. Information Guide for New Business Owners (March 2026)Osceola County Tax Collector · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
  2. Licensing — contractor registration and renewal, Business Tax ReceiptsOsceola County, Florida · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
  3. Local Business Tax Receipt – Information & FormsOsceola County Tax Collector · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
  4. Osceola County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 13, Art. II – Local Business Tax Receipts, Secs. 13-26 to 13-50 (Supp. No. 72, Update 1)Osceola County, Florida, via Municode Library · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09

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