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City of Redmond Business License Information
City of Redmond Business License Questions: 425.556.2193

City of Redmond Business License Fees:

1. $15 for State of Washington Master Business License
2. A minimum of $91 for the City of Redmond Business License. The fee for the City of Redmond Business License is calculated based on the total number of employee hours worked in Redmond in the previous year (or an estimate of the number of hours that will be worked in the current year if a full year of previous work history is unavailable.) The City of Redmond suggests calculating the fee in one of two ways:
1. Take the sum of employee hours reported to the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries in each quarter of the previous year and (for the 2011 tax year) multiply that number by $0.047396.
2. Multiply the number of full-time equivalent employees that worked in Redmond during the 2011 tax year by $91. (The number of employees is based on the sum of employees on each quarterly report submitted to the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries divided by four.)

Business owners must already have a State of Washington Master Business which they may apply for in one of three ways:

1. Complete and submit the form online at the Washington Department of Revenue website
2. Print and complete the Business License Application from the Washington Department of Revenue website and mail the completed form and required fee to:
   
   Business Licensing Service
   Department of Revenue
   P.O. Box 9034
   Olympia WA 98507-9034
3. File at one of several other business licensing locations in the state of Washington

After procuring a State of Washington Master Business License, business owners may download and complete the appropriate City if Redmond business license application form from the City of Redmond website.

1. Businesses located within the city limits complete the City of Redmond
   In-City Commercial Business License Application form
2. Businesses located outside the city limits complete the City of Redmond
   Out of City Business License Application form
3. Home–based businesses located within the city limits complete the
   City of Redmond Home Based Business License Application form

Business owners must submit their completed applications, along with the appropriate fee, in one of two ways (there is no option for online submission of the City of Redmond business license application at this time):

City of Redmond B&O Tax

City of Redmond Tax Information

The City of Redmond does not charge a business and occupation tax but does levy an annual "business tax" of $91 per full-time equivalent employee.