Goleta’s New Business License Fee Takes Effect in January

» business owner on 12.31.09 @ 06:24 AM

Yay! Punish the job providers, they surely can afford it….

» SB Native on 12.31.09 @ 10:55 AM

Is $100 dollars really a punishment for business owners in a fledgling city who have been able to operate their businesses license-free in the past?

I agree with Ms. Guyer, as long as the funds are being used appropriately and in the best interest and welfare of Goleta’s flesgling cityhood and its constituants, then why not participate and be recognized as a proud, job-providing business owner?

I have a part time, mobile massage business. There is a seperate licensing fee for any city I plan to work in within the County of SB, along with an SB County license fee on a yearly basis. Goleta is just going to be another fee for me to pay for the privilege of working in this difficult economy, however transient.

» Realist on 12.31.09 @ 12:56 PM

Since SB Native and Ms Guyer don’t seem to understand that crippling job providers actually creates LESS revenue, and are so giddy about their civic “duties” perhaps they should throw in an extra “FEE” to try to save those businesses that are on the edge of bankruptcy because they can’t afford another dime!

Take a look at how many businesses are vacant and have shut their doors in the last year, and ask them how happy they would have been to chip in a little more. And Sonia how about being a little balanced and throwing in some comments from business owners who are NOT happy about it along with Ms. happy-to-pay-even-more-taxes?

Wendy feel free to throw in another grand while you’re writing that check since you’re so happy about it.

» Onnen should know better on 12.31.09 @ 02:01 PM

Some elected him because they thought he would be an advocate for small business. This is the opposite of what we expected. He should be using that $100 to fix his aging fleet of broken down Air Busses. I missed a flight standing by a broken down bus.

» Sick of it - enough is enough can't pay the way an on 12.31.09 @ 05:12 PM

$100 may not seem like much, but added to all the other burdens imposed by government it all adds up. And it is just a foot in the door. Who is to say it won’t be raised to $300 next year, $500 the year after that ... and on and on. How about if Wendy pays my license - my “civic duty” has been paid over and over to every agency from the City to the County to the State to the feds in property, sales, income tax, fees on phones, cars trucks drivers licenses this that and the other thing.

What’s another hundred bucks right? To me it is the $100 that pushed me over the edge. I am already in negative cash flow. I’m moving my business to Nevada. How does that help local business? How does that help revenue? How does that help the unemployment rate?

» WHY--Liberals on 01.01.10 @ 05:02 AM

This is why Calif is bankrupt—Get it??

» Consumer on 01.01.10 @ 10:19 AM

It surprises me that a business owner would accept this tax and say so publicly. “With a $100 a year and a little administrative fee, I have no problem with that”. Of course not, that tax is passed along to me, the consumer. I too “understand my civic duties” and will be purchasing dog food elsewhere.

» Daniel Petry on 01.01.10 @ 12:17 PM

Tax my home business so you can understand how to help me?  Yea right. Folks, if you work out of your house…just ignore this. Daniel Petry

» 40-50% goes to Gov on 01.01.10 @ 09:01 PM

The liberals never get enough of your money—this is a way to become a socialist country—The gov wants.
you to need them—just look at the failed welfare system and how many million of lives it has desroyed.
It still goes on—

» John L. Shellabarger on 01.02.10 @ 10:07 PM

Nearly three years ago, I ventured into an online business, in which I would take orders from my online store an have the product drop shipped via a list of drop shippers which I have acquired.  I did this to supplement my S/S income, which is not very substantial, Since I am a senior citizen and rapidly approaching my eighties, I felt that with some supplementary income, I would be less of burden to society when I am older. This “business” hasn’t been very sucessful and have take in less than a $1000 all year and of that, probably only about two or three hundred as a profit, most of which has had to pay for web fees and advertising, so the actual take home amount is probably less then $50 all year.  If I am req2uired to pay a business license fee, I will have to give this up and quit as I can no way afford to pay it. If the city wants businesses to pay this fee, they should be asking the brick and mortor stores only. Or as an alternative, make it percentage of the actual sales.  I already have had to get a California retail sales permit and have had to pay a few dollars of sales tax revenue.  Thlis not a big issue, but have to keep good books in order to comply with the state’s requirements.  But if I have to pay the city fee, then if I quit this business, then the state will no longer get what meager collected taxes that I have collected.  I think they should just leave me alone and let me run my insignicant business and go after people with more successbul brick and mortor businesses.

» Just ignore it on 01.03.10 @ 01:05 PM

This will be enforced like it is in Santa Barbara, where a $100 tax already exists, and is not enforced unless a business of whatever form brings attention to itself. 

And obviously this is all the fault of Das Williams and The Liberals too.

» BenDover on 02.17.10 @ 10:22 AM

I only make $800 a year through my business which is licensed through the city of SB. I only pay $60 for my current license and now Goleta wants another $100! I don’t have this kind of money….