Businesses - Business License Application
Most businesses located within Chesterfield County
are subject to the Chesterfield County business license tax. This
is a tax on the privilege of engaging in a licensable business
activity within the County, and it is calculated upon gross receipts
(or gross purchases in the case of wholesale merchants).
New businesses must obtain all required licenses
prior to beginning business in the County, and a late payment penalty
of up to 10% of the tax due will be imposed along with interest
if the licenses are not obtained within 30 days of the date the
business opened. For existing businesses, renewal applications
and appropriate tax payments must be filed in the Commissioner’s
Office or postmarked on or before March 1 each year to avoid the
late payment penalty and interest.
In addition to completing the Application for Chesterfield County Business
License, new businesses should complete the Business License Classification Questionnaire.
This form provides information that is necessary in order to
classify your business activities correctly.
A Memo to New Applicants for
Chesterfield County Business Licenses describes in more detail
the steps for obtaining licenses.
For assistance with the business
license application or the licensing process, please contact
the Commissioner’s
Office at (804) 748-1281, or visit the office during normal business
hours (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
The business section of the Commissioner of the Revenue administers
several local business taxes, including the business license,
business tangible personal property tax, and machinery and tools
tax.
You may download the blank forms for use in filing the tax,
but the completed form must be filed by regular mail or facsimile
(except business license tax) in order to be accepted as a valid
filing. After completing the desired form, please send
a printed copy to us via U.S. Mail or delivery address (for express
delivery only) listed below. The business tangible personal
property tax form or the machinery and tools tax form may be
sent via facsimile at (804) 796-3236. The business license
tax form, which requires accompanying payment, may not be filed
by facsimile. Do not email these forms.
In addition to the printed instructions on the form, we provide
assistance, at no charge, in completing these forms. After
reading the instructions, if you require assistance in completing
the form, please call us at (804) 748-1281.
Portable Document Format (PDF)
These fill-in forms are available for download in Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF). This format reproduces the documents precisely
as they were originally composed, provides built-in compression,
is supported by all popular operating systems and is compatible
with nearly any contemporary printer. The freely available Adobe® Acrobat® Reader software
is required to view, print and search PDF documents
Business Tax Forms for Previous Years
2007
2006
2005
Mail to
Commissioner of the Revenue
P.O. Box 124
Chesterfield, VA 23832
Express Mail
Commissioner of the Revenue
Attn: Business License Section
9901 Lori Road, Room 165
Chesterfield, VA 23832
Fax
The business tangible personal property tax form or the machinery
and tools tax form may be sent via facsimile at (804) 796-3236. The
business license tax form, which requires accompanying payment,
may not be filed by facsimile.
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