It’s time for business owners to renew their annual Cullman County licenses in Alabama.

Business licenses are due by Oct. 31 and will be delinquent Nov. 1, said Cullman County Probate Judge Tammy Brown. Reminder notices have been mailed out, and those who do not renew their business licenses by the deadline will face a penalty of 15 percent of the total license cost plus interest which is calculated daily.

The small business website Thumbtack.com surveyed 17,633 small business owners across the United States and asked them about the friendliness of their states and cities toward small business.

The survey revealed that for small business owners, trying to comply with their states’ tax laws is actually more burdening than the taxes themselves. Small business owners just don’t have the resources they need to help them understand how to renew their license or how to do their taxes. If you are a small business owner facing these problems then contact us to find out how we can provide you with the best solutions to all of your licensing problems.

As of July 1, businesses no longer need to purchase annual business privilege licenses in Fayetteville and many other cities and towns throughout North Carolina.

The state legislature had voted last year to take the licensing away from local governments following complaints that the licenses were wildly inconsistent from city to city and even within individual cities. The licenses were as small as $10 for some businesses and hundreds, even thousands of dollars for others.

Gov. Brian Sandoval’s office rolled out a version of his plan last week getting rid of the complicated 30-category Business License Fee ranging from $400 to $4 million a year that numerous businesses objected to.

In its place was a business license tax of up to $500 for corporations and $300 for all other businesses filing with the secretary of state and a higher Modified Business Tax.