Augusta-Richmond County
Augusta-Richmond County Planning and Development Department, Licensing Division
In short
Augusta-Richmond County Planning and Development Department, Licensing Division issues 2 permits we publish for Augusta-Richmond County, last verified 2026-09-04. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salon Contracted-Stylist Licenseonly if it applies to you | Augusta-Richmond County Planning and Development Department, Licensing Division | No fee | annual, tied to the standard occupation tax certificate cycle | 2026-09-04 |
| Occupation Tax Certificate | Augusta-Richmond County Planning and Development Department, Licensing Division | A gross-receipts-based tax, from $113 for the smallest Class 1 businesses up to over $6,000 for the largest, plus a $110 administrative fee built into the base bracket — or a flat $400 a year per licensed practitioner for veterinarians, physicians, lawyers and similarly licensed professionals who elect that option instead. An out-of-county business already licensed elsewhere in Georgia pays only a $6 administrative fee. | annual — payable January 1, with a 10% penalty and 1.5% monthly interest for late payment | 2026-09-04 |
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
Salon Contracted-Stylist License
No separate fee figure is confirmed here beyond the standard occupation tax certificate and the $75 fire inspection every commercial applicant pays — what is confirmed and worth flagging is the local rule itself: a 1099-contracted barber or stylist working a chair in someone else's shop must hold their own separate Augusta business license, while a W-2 employee doing the same work is covered entirely under the shop's own license.
Occupation Tax Certificate
A veterinary practice, in particular, is one of the named professions eligible for the flat $400-per-practitioner election, avoiding the gross-receipts calculation entirely. Confirm the exact current-year bracket rates directly with the Licensing Division, since the only complete published rate table located is dated October 2016. Failing to report an address change draws a separate $75 fine.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Augusta-Richmond County
- Phone
- (706) 312-5050
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.
- Augusta-Richmond County — 2025 business license applicationAugusta-Richmond County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Augusta-Richmond County — beauty and hair salon licensing checklistAugusta-Richmond County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Augusta-Richmond County — occupation tax certificate, gross-receipts brackets and the $400 flat professional fee optionAugusta-Richmond County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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