Seattle
Seattle Finance and Administrative Services
In short
Seattle Finance and Administrative Services issues 1 permit we publish for Seattle, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business License Tax Certificate | Seattle Finance and Administrative Services | $73 a year for gross Seattle income under $20,000; $147 for $20,000–$499,999.99; $667 for $500,000–$1,999,999.99; $1,604 for $2,000,000–$5,000,000; $3,210 above that. New applicants starting July 1 or later pay half the applicable tier. | annual — every certificate expires 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
Business License Tax Certificate
Confirmed directly against the city's own current page. A business is exempt entirely if its Seattle gross income is $4,000 or less and it keeps no place of business in the city. This is separate from the Washington state Business License Service fee ($50 to open, $5 to renew) already covered at the state layer. Effective January 1, 2026 the separate B&O tax-owing threshold — a different question from whether this certificate itself is required — rises from $100,000 to $2,000,000 with a new $2,000,000 standard deduction.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Seattle
- Phone
- (206) 684-8484
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 Seattle — Business License Tax Certificate fee tiers and threshold, 2026Seattle Finance and Administrative Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
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