County tax collector Juanita Sikes has asked the Hernando County Board of Commissioners to repeal the ordinance for collecting the occupational license tax. Ms. Sikes statement that this ordinance is outdated is an understatement. Hopefully, Ms. Sikes will be asking the city of Brooksville to also repeal this regression taxing method on business.
The occupational license tax has give the public a false sense of security. Some people have assumed that if a company has an occupational license, they (the company) are qualified to be conduct business. A majority of businesses are required to be licensed through the state of Florida or through their county development department so the occupational license fee amounts to nothing more than an additional tax to conduct business.
Thanks, Juanita for being forward thinking to put the brakes on this regressive taxation method!
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