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Vacaville reviews two options to modernize business‑license tax, with council split on rate and next steps
Summary
Consultants presented two tiered gross‑receipts business‑license models that would raise between $1.6M and $2.4M annually. Council debated impacts on small businesses, connection fees and where revenues would be spent; staff will return Feb. 10 with initial polling results.
The Vacaville City Council heard a detailed presentation Jan. 27 on proposed updates to the city’s business‑license tax structure and discussed two revenue scenarios intended to modernize an ordinance last substantially revised decades ago.
Consultants outlined two tiered flat‑rate gross‑receipts models with an AB split (Category A professional/advanced services; Category B all other businesses). Option 1 uses higher top rates and was modeled to generate roughly $2.4 million…
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