Item 09 - Agreement for Business License Tax and Fee Software Services

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(n) Reporting and remittance. (1) Beginning as set forth in subsection (r) below, and monthly thereafter, each commercial cannabis business required to pay a tax or taxes based on gross receipts under this Article (except qualified nonprofit organizations exempt from taxes measured by income or gross receipts), shall report to the city any gross receipts received during the preceding monthly reporting period. In addition, each cannabis business (including qualified nonprofit organizations) required to pay a tax or taxes based on square footage shall report to the city the gross square footage of the cannabis business' property location. Every cannabis business shall then compute the business license taxes at both the gross receipts rate and the gross square footage rate - prorated monthly to one -twelfth ( 1/12) of the annual tax rate amount - and shall then remit to the city the amount of the higher of the two (2) tax calculations due and owing during said period in accordance with section 21-133, subsection (d). In the case of a qualified nonprofit organization only the gross square footage computation shall be made and the amount of such calculation shall represent the amount due and owing during said period. All reporting and remitting made shall be done in accordance with instructions from the collector and shall be made using forms provided or approved by the collector. (2) For purposes of this section, month shall mean calendar month and shall include any fraction of a month. Taxes shall begin to accrue on the date that a person or entity first receives a business license or other city permit to operate as a commercial cannabis business or upon the operative date of this Article should a person or entity already possess a commercial cannabis business license or other city permit to operate as a commercial cannabis business. (3) The payment of the two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) minimum basic rate gross receipts tax required annually for each separate branch location or separate property location of the business in accordance with this section, shall be made annually prior to the beginning of the fiscal year beginning April first of the current year and expiring on the 31st day of March of the following year. In the case of a new commercial cannabis business the minimum basic rate gross receipts tax shall be paid in advance prior to any new business activity being undertaken. Every new licensee shall pay in advance an amount equal to one -quarter (%) of the annual minimum basic rate gross receipts tax, for each quarter and fraction of a quarter remaining during the period for which the new license is issued. (o) Delinquent date —Penalty. Any individual or entity who fails to pay the taxes required by this Article when due shall be subject to penalties and interest as set forth in accordance with this Chapter. The collector is not required to send a delinquency or other notice or bill to any person subject to the provisions of this Article and failure to send such notice or bill shall not affect the validity of any tax or penalty due under the provisions of this Article. (p) Business license tax certificate/receipt—Required. There are imposed upon all persons engaged in transacting and carrying on any commercial cannabis business activity in the city taxes in the amounts prescribed in this Article. It shall be unlawful for any person, either for him or herself or for any other person, to commence, transact or carry on any business in the city without first having procured a business license from the city under this Chapter and having paid the taxes set forth in this Article, and without complying with any and all applicable provisions contained in this Chapter. The carrying on of any commercial cannabis business activity without complying with all the provisions of this Article shall constitute a separate violation of this Chapter for each and every day that such commercial cannabis activity is so carried on. (q) Classification of business license assessment type —Term and renewal. The business license issued to commercial cannabis businesses shall be classed as a gross receipts assessment type, issued for the same term of license as set forth in subsection 21-71(c) of this Chapter and shall be subject to renewal in accordance with sections 21-72(c), 21-73(c), and 21-77. City of Santa Ana RFP No. 23-165 Page 146 of 196