New Orleans
City of New Orleans Bureau of Revenue, Department of Finance
In short
City of New Orleans Bureau of Revenue, Department of Finance issues 3 permits we publish for New Orleans, last verified 2026-09-08. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupational License Tax — Retail Dealers in Merchandise, Services and Rentals | City of New Orleans Bureau of Revenue, Department of Finance | $50–$6,200 a year, by gross receipts bracket under Table 1 | annual — computed on the prior year's gross receipts, due January 1, payable by March 1 | 2026-09-08 |
| Occupational License Tax — Contractors | City of New Orleans Bureau of Revenue, Department of Finance | $50–$750 a year, by gross receipts bracket under Table 2, statutorily capped at $750 regardless of size | annual — due January 1, payable by March 1 | 2026-09-08 |
| Occupational License Tax — Veterinarians and Other Professionals | City of New Orleans Bureau of Revenue, Department of Finance | $50–$2,000 a year — 0.1% of gross receipts under Table 6's flat-rate professional class, which explicitly names veterinarians | annual — due January 1, payable by March 1 | 2026-09-08 |
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
Occupational License Tax — Retail Dealers in Merchandise, Services and Rentals
Restaurants, retail stores, and salons are directly named or clearly categorised under Table 1 in the ordinance's own text. Auto repair shops and childcare/day care are not individually named — they are placed here by elimination, since neither appears in the flat-rate professional class (Table 6) and both are plainly retail service businesses; confirm this classification with the Bureau of Revenue before relying on it. A zoning inspection by Safety and Permits, and in some cases a state health department inspection, are required before this license issues.
Occupational License Tax — Contractors
On top of, not instead of, the state contractors board license recorded at the state layer.
Occupational License Tax — Veterinarians and Other Professionals
Veterinarians are named directly in the City's Occupational License Tax Tables alongside physicians, attorneys, accountants, architects and engineers. Per those tables, for these professions practising as an individual, firm, partnership or corporation the tax is 0.1% of annual gross receipts, with a minimum of $50.00 and a maximum of $2,000.00.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- New Orleans
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- www.nola.gov/
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 New Orleans — Occupational License Tax renewal instructions, due dates and penaltiesCity of New Orleans, Bureau of Revenue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-08
- City of New Orleans Bureau of Revenue — Occupational License Tax TablesCity of New Orleans, Bureau of Revenue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-08
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