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Columbus

City of Columbus License Section, Department of Building and Zoning Services

In short

City of Columbus License Section, Department of Building and Zoning Services issues 1 permit we publish for Columbus, 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

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
City Income Tax RegistrationCity of Columbus License Section, Department of Building and Zoning ServicesNo feeongoing — returns due April 15 for calendar-year filers, with quarterly estimated payments2026-09-04

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

City Income Tax Registration

No fee, because there is no general business license here — what stands in its place is a real 2.5% local income tax on business activity conducted within Columbus, filed as a tax return rather than paid for as a permit.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Columbus
Phone
(614) 645-8366

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. City of Columbus Income Tax Division — business tax return instructions, 2.5% rateCity of Columbus Income Tax Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04

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