“If you operate without a business license, you will end up on the wrong side of the law.”

An unlicensed contractor in Nevada was sentenced to five years’ probation after he contracted without a license and diverted funds for his own personal use.

“I’m really trying to find ways to generate revenue and make the system a little bit more fair when it comes to business license fees.”

Columbia City Council member doesn’t want to exempt nonprofits from paying business license fees. The main reason why is because his city is in desperate need of generating more revenue.

[T]he Governor’s plan supports early education and he believes it will make a difference.

The “it” in question is a proposed bill to increase business license fees. There’s a reason why they call a business license fee an ‘indirect tax.’ It has a lot to do with raising revenue.

Amazon.com is looking to facilitate its same-day deliveries in the New York City area by opening another 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in New Jersey.

It’s actually their second fulfillment center in New Jersey, the other one being in Robbinsville. Incidentally, New Jersey is one of 24 states in which Amazon must collect sales tax. Merchants in these states have to pay a sales tax in addition to the fee Amazon charges to use its website and storage facilities. Are these merchants at a disadvantage because they have to pay both the sales tax and Amazon fee? Would they be better off selling their products in a state that doesn’t require a sales tax?