Richmond
City of Richmond Department of Finance, BPOL Tax Division
In short
City of Richmond Department of Finance, BPOL Tax Division issues 1 permit we publish for Richmond, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPOL Tax | City of Richmond Department of Finance, BPOL Tax Division | Gross receipts of $5,000 or less: no fee. $5,001–$500,000: a flat $30 a year. Above $500,000: a rate on gross receipts by classification — Professional Service $0.58/$100, Personal Service $0.36/$100, Retail Merchant $0.20/$100, Repair Service $0.36/$100, Restaurant $0.36/$100, Contractor $0.19/$100, Wholesale Merchant (on purchases) $0.22/$100. | annual — must be renewed by March 1; license period runs through December 31 | 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
BPOL Tax
The $500,000 flat-fee threshold is confirmed current via a city press release, effective January 1, 2026 — the live BPOL page's own rate table still carries stale "$250,000 or more" heading text left over from before the change. A qualifying new business (not a contractor) exceeding $500,000 gets a 2-year exemption under section 26-874, paying just the $30 fee instead of the percentage rate. Late payment draws a 10%-or-$10 penalty plus 10% annual interest.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Richmond
- Phone
- (804) 646-7000
- Website
- www.rva.gov/finance/bpol-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 Richmond — BPOL tax rates and flat-fee thresholdCity of Richmond Department of Finance · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
- City of Richmond — press release confirming the BPOL threshold increase to $500,000, effective January 1, 2026City of Richmond · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
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