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 2 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
2008
2007
2006
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.
Useful Websites
State Board for Contractors
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Virginia Worker’s Compensation Commission
State Corporation Commission
Internal Revenue Service (SS4 Form at site)
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