(Mark and Karl discuss this topic on Mighty Municipalities Ep. 11) Extreme heat isn’t just a “big city” issue. Small towns are already dealing with hot playgrounds, seniors without reliable cooling, outdoor workers, power outages, overheated downtown sidewalks, and parks … Read More … Read More
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Why Do I Have To Pay a Business License?
As a small business owner you’re always watching you bottom line and it stings a little when that business license renewal comes in the door. Don’t I already pay taxes? Not so fast! Business Licensing helps your business be more … Read More … Read More
Converting from SIC To NAICS Codes
As part of South Carolina’s business license standardization, all organizations levying business license tax must make those calculations based on the business’ NAICS code. If you’re still evaluating based on SIC code, let’s look at what steps you can take … Read More … Read More
SC Business License Standardization is Passed! Here’s What it Means for Your Municipality
South Carolina House Bill 4431 was passed and Signed by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster on September 30th 2020 and became act number 176 of the 2020 session. During its ratification process, we covered in a previous post what we … Read More … Read More
SC H. 4431 Business License Bill and it’s Impact on Your City (Summer 2020 Version)
Status Update – 7/22/2020: The legislation has passed the House and is in the Finance Committee’s hands in the Senate. At this point, the legislature is in recess and is expected to return for a final session in mid-September. According … Read More
Data Collection & Reporting for the Modern Business License Department
In Part 1 we discussed the goals of the modern department and in Part 2 we discussed the metrics that you can use to measure your progress towards those goals. Here we’ll discuss what reports we need to monitor those … Read More
The 11 Key Metrics for Your Business License Department
The Business License function performs an important service within a municipality. How do we know if it’s performing it well? In Part 1 we talked about the goals for Business Licensing with a municipality. Let’s take those goals and break … Read More … Read More
The Five Goals of a Modern Business License Department
Business Licensing as a municipal function goes back to the 18th century and before that back to England and its regulations. Initially setup as a way to manage the growth of ‘sin industries’ like pubs within a locale, business licensing … Read More … Read More
Municipalities Deserve Our Best Software
I wanted to kick off our blog series with a series of posts that went ahead and answer the first question I might ask coming to GovPossible: ‘Why?’. Why start a software company now? Why in this space? Why just … Read More