File #: 220970    Version: Name: Waiver of Permit, License, and Business Registration Fees for Certain Small Businesses
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 9/13/2022 In control: Clerk of the Board
On agenda: Final action: 11/17/2022
Enactment date: 11/17/2022 Enactment #: 231-22
Title: Ordinance amending the program established in Ordinance No. 143-21 waiving certain first-year permit, license, and business registration fees for certain businesses, retroactive to November 1, 2021, to 1) extend the program through June 30, 2023; 2) increase the gross receipts permissible for a business to qualify for the tax and fee waiver from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000; 3) remove the requirement that the business be located on the ground floor; (4) expand the business types covered by the waiver from commercial businesses in certain Planning Code categories to all commercial businesses; 5) extend the period for refunds to the later of one year from the date of payment or June 30, 2023; 6) revise the procedures for challenging Tax Collector determinations that a business improperly claimed a waiver under this Ordinance; 7) increase the gross receipts above which the waiver would be retroactively revoked from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 in the calendar year of, or in any calendar year during the three full calendar years following, the date the business commenced business within San Francisco or opened a new business location for commercial use; and 8) make other administrative and reporting changes, as defined herein.
Sponsors: Hillary Ronen, Connie Chan, Ahsha Safai, Matt Dorsey, Rafael Mandelman, Gordon Mar, Catherine Stefani
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral FYI TTX 091922, 4. Referral SBC 091922, 5. SBC Response 101322, 6. BLA Rpt 101922, 7. Cmte Pkt 101922, 8. TTX Presentation 101922, 9. Leg Ver2, 10. Leg Dig Ver2, 11. BLA Rpt 102622, 12. Cmte Pkt 102622, 13. Board Pkt 110122, 14. Board Pkt 110822, 15. Leg Final
Related files: 240126, 210741, 221044
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