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Vacaville to pursue tiered gross-receipts business license model after consultant study

Vacaville City Council · December 10, 2025
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Summary

Council directed staff to pursue a tiered gross-receipts (Model 3) business license tax modernization plan and return with detailed modeling and business outreach; the move aims to increase fairness and revenue while remaining competitive with neighboring cities.

Vacaville ' After a presentation by HDL consultants and city finance staff on Dec. 9, the Vacaville City Council directed staff to pursue a tiered gross-receipts business license model as the preferred path for modernizing the city's decades-old tax code.

Consultants noted Vacaville currently collects lower business-license revenue per capita and per business than several peer cities. They presented three high-level…

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