
Oct 9, 2015 - Businesses with between $3,000 and $10,000 in gross receipts during the tax year must obtain a minimal activity license annually for $15 from. Commercial Activity License: required for most sales The City of Philadelphia requires any group or individual that is not a registered nonprofit to obtain a Commercial Activity License from the Department of Licenses and Inspections before beginning sales. Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) - General Information. Taxpayers - The commercial activity tax (CAT) was enacted in House Bill 66, which was passed by the 126th General Assembly.
Ohio Commercial Activity Tax
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Philadelphia bloggers were abuzz this week about a citywide move to crack down on citizens running a business without a license -- which includes any local bloggers running ads on their sites. The weekly Philadelphia City Paper with an article spotlighting several small-scale bloggers who were startled to receive letters from the city demanding that they shell out up to $300 for a license allowing them to operate a local business. One of the recipients had raked in a whopping profit of $11 over two years from his blog. 'Personally, I don't think is a business,' music blogger Sean Barry told the newspaper, commenting on his minimally lucrative venture. 'I don't think blogs should be taxed unless they are making an immense profit.'