You are subject to a 25% penalty if you started this business acvity before paying this tax. This is a state law.
State the date you began or will begin this business acvity from this locaon:
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APPLICANT INFORMATION
Applicant Name: Title:
Home Address:
Home Phone: Business Email:
Business Address: Zip:
If this address is your residence, signing this applicaon ceres that, if a rental or a condominium, the condo
associaon or owner of the property approves of this use.
For residence, check one: Home Occupaon Address of Convenience
Business Name:
Business Phone: Website URL:
Federal Employer ID # OR Social Security #: Numbers of Employees:
Mailing Name:
Mailing Address:
Business Tax Division
stpete.org/businesstax
One 4th St. N.
727-893-7241
Descripon of Business Acvies: Please note all independent contractors require their own business tax. No contracng
permied with this tax. Check all that apply:
Carpet cleaning
Hauling Landscaping & tree service Pressure cleaning
Carpet & rolled vinyl
Install A/C* Lawn service Wall covering
oor installaon
Janitorial service Painng Window cleaning
Change light bulbs
Laborer** Patch wall cracks
* Package units only – maximum three tons or 36,000 BTU’s with no ducts or remote controls
** General labor working under the guidance of a licensed contractor
Type of Ownership: Individual Partnership Corporaon LLC Other (indicate):
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List name and addresses of all owners, partners, and, if a corporaon, all ocers:
Name: Residenal Address: Title:
Name: Residenal Address: Title:
APPLICATION FOR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT: HANDY-PERSON
City of St. Petersburg Use Only
CONTROL #:
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Inials:
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Date:
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New
Renewal Counter
Mail Email Home Occupaon P.O. Box Commercial Locaon
HOME OCCUPATION
St. Petersburg City Code – Chapter 16, Land Development Regulaons:
16.50.180.3 Establishment: Home occupaon is a business which is an accessory use to a single or mul-family dwelling
unit where a residence is the principal use of the property, and which has obtained a business tax receipt.
Home occupaon must comply with regulaon set forth in Florida Statute §559.955 and City Code 16.50.180.
(As amended).
For quesons related to locaon specic requirements for parking, outdoor display, and size of structures please contact
our Zoning Department at 727-893-7471.
STATEMENT OF EXEMPTION FROM THE FICTITIOUS NAME ACT
Exempons are limited to reasons in Florida Statute §865.09. This statement is a requirement of Florida Statute §205 as a
prerequisite to receiving a business tax receipt. If you do not qualify for one of these exempons, you must have or obtain
a current cous name registraon issued by the Florida Div. of Corporaons.
Checking the appropriate exempon ceres that compliance with the Ficous Name Act IS NOT REQUIRED because:
I am using only my own name.
I am cered with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulaon to pracce this acvity.
The applicaon is for a corporaon which has a cercate of authority to transact business in the state of Florida
pursuant to chapter 607, the “Florida Business Corporaon Act,” or chapter 617, the “Florida Not for Prot
Corporaon Act”.
I am using a cous name. (If this is the case, return a copy of your cous name registraon State of Florida, Department
of State. If you have quesons about cous name registraons, please contact them at 850-245-6000).
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EXEMPTIONS
Depending on the business conducted, you may be entled to a tax exempon. Please indicate below if you are one of
the following: legally blind, disabled and unable to perform manual labor, a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, a spouse
of a veteran, a spouse of an acve duty U.S. armed forces service member, 65 years of age or over, or are currently
receiving public assistance.
Indicate possible category: (all exempon claims must be supported by wrien evidence and are subject to review by the
Business Tax Division for compliance with Florida Statutes, Chapter 205)
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Except as otherwise provided by law, informaon submied to us is public record. Informaon on this applicaon may be
provided to government agencies such as the St. Petersburg Police Department, and the Florida Department of Revenue.
Some General Requirements:
1. The employees of the business who work at the residenal dwelling must also reside in the residenal dwelling, except
that up to a total of two employees or independent contractors who do not reside at the residenal dwelling may work
at the business. The business may have addional remote employees that do not work at the residenal dwelling
2. Home occupaons which create noise not usual to a residenal district or which involve the use of power tools are
prohibited between the hours of 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. Doors and windows of the principal or accessory structure shall be
closed when such noise is created, or power tools are in use.
DECLARATION
The informaon on this applicaon is correct. I understand that St. Petersburg City Code makes it unlawful to apply for a
business tax receipt based on false informaon. Any person who provides false informaon in the applicaon process may
be prosecuted for an ordinance violaon, and is subject to the penales provided in Secon 1-7, St. Petersburg
City Code.
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Applicant’s Signature: Date:
SUBMISSION OPTIONS
