Spokane
City of Spokane, Taxes and Licenses
In short
City of Spokane, Taxes and Licenses issues 1 permit we publish for Spokane, 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 Registration | City of Spokane, Taxes and Licenses | $131 base to originate (or renew at the standard rate), plus a per-employee fee: $10 each for employees 1–5, $15 each for 6–10, $20 each for 11+. A reduced $65.50 renewal rate applies if gross income is $18,000/year or less. Nonprofits, social purpose corporations and B-corps pay $65.50. A temporary registration is $65.50 for the first 90 days, $55.50 to renew for another 90. An additional branch location is $131 each. | annual | 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 Registration
Processed as a city endorsement through Washington's statewide Business Licensing Service, but this is a genuine city fee, not the separate state Business License Service fee already covered at the state layer. Unlike Seattle and Tacoma, Spokane does not levy a gross-receipts business-and-occupation tax — its fee is flat-plus-headcount. Several SEO sites mislabel this a 'B&O tax'; that terminology is not used here.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Spokane
- Phone
- (509) 625-6070
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.
- Spokane Municipal Code section 08.01.180, Computation of Business Registration FeeCity of Spokane · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
- Washington Department of Revenue — City of Spokane business license endorsement feesWashington State Department of Revenue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
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