Tampa
City of Tampa Business Tax Division, Neighborhood Empowerment Department
In short
City of Tampa Business Tax Division, Neighborhood Empowerment Department issues 1 permit we publish for Tampa, last verified 2026-09-05. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Tampa Business Tax Receipt | City of Tampa Business Tax Division, Neighborhood Empowerment Department | Levied by classification under Code of Ordinances chapter 24, article V, section 24-120 — roughly 250 categories. Confirmed examples: Barber salon/shop owner $115.76 plus $13.89 per barber; Cosmetologist $13.89 (plus $115.76 if also the salon owner); Restaurant seating 1–40 $28.93 (plus $17.35 per worker), 41–100 $50.63, over 100 $108.51; Motor vehicle repair shop $81.02 for 1 mechanic plus $8.67 per additional worker; Child care 1–30 children $28.93 rising to $144.70 for 101 or more children; Veterinarian (profession) $231.52 flat; General Contractor $318.33, Building Contractor $289.40, Residential Contractor $173.63. | annual — every receipt expires 30 September, per Florida Statutes chapter 205 | 2026-09-05 |
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
City of Tampa Business Tax Receipt
Every figure above was read directly from the ordinance's own ledger of classifications, but the copy read was a third-party mirror (eLaws.us) rather than Municode or tampa.gov directly — Municode returned 403 Forbidden to every attempt in this research, and it is labelled only "Latest version" with no effective date shown. This is one of two business tax receipts a Tampa business can owe; see the separate Hillsborough County record for the other.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Tampa
- Phone
- (813) 274-8751
- Website
- www.tampa.gov/business-tax
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.
- City of Tampa Code of Ordinances chapter 24, article V, section 24-120 — Business Tax classifications (third-party mirror; Municode returned 403 to automated access)eLaws.us (ordinance-code mirror) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other offices serving Tampa
- Hillsborough County Tax Collector, Business Tax Services
- City of Tampa Construction Services Division, Development and Growth Management Department
- Hillsborough County Department of Childcare Licensing
- Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County, Environmental Public Health Division
- Hillsborough County Development Services, Contractor Licensing
- Tampa Fire Rescue, Fire Marshal's Office
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