The BPOL tax rate schedule for businesses with gross receipts/purchases of $100,001 or more is determined by the "nature of the business," as follows:
Business Classification |
Tax per $100 of Gross receipts |
---|---|
Wholesale Merchants * |
$0.04 |
Builder and Developers |
$0.05 |
Contractors |
$0.11 |
Retail Merchants |
$0.17 |
Business Service Occupations |
$0.19 |
Money Lenders |
$0.19 |
Personal Service Occupations |
$0.19 |
Repair Service Occupations |
$0.19 |
Telephone Companies |
$0.24 |
Amusement Occupations |
$0.26 |
Hotel and Motels |
$0.26 |
Renting By Owner (Residential or Commercial Property) |
$0.26 |
Professional Occupations |
$0.31 |
Consultants and Specialized Occupations |
$0.31 |
Real Estate Brokers |
$0.31 |
Research & Development Business - certain federally-funded Research & Development prime contracts are eligible for the $0.03 per $100 rate upon DTA approval |
$0.31 |
* Wholesale Merchants - based on gross purchases, rather than gross receipts.