Doing Business in Easley Download Forms and Information For any questions concerning business licenses, please e-mail Hugh Smith at ahsmith@easley-sc.org or call him at (864) 855-7900, ext. 7205. Contractors Resident contractors must renew their license each year by April 30th and pay on total gross income for all work done. Non-resident contractors must pay per job and are able to work on each licensed job until complete without regard to the normal licensing period. * Note: Non-resident rates are double that of resident rates. Businesses New Business (Also applies to all location, name and ownership changes) Code Clearance - You must receive approval from the building, zoning and fire departments. Business License Application - You must complete a city business license application and return it and the approved code clearance form to City Hall with full payment. Renewal Business License Application - You must complete and return application with full payment to City Hall on or before May 20th of each year. A late fee of 5% per month will apply after May 20th. Peddlers You must receive approval from the zoning, building and police departments before you can be licensed to sell inside the City. You must complete and return a business application, Peddler License Request Form and full fee to City Hall before selling any item on the streets of Easley. Business License Ordinance The City of Easley Business License Ordinance NO: 1998-02 was revised, updated, adopted, and ordained February 9, 1998. It specifically states under Section 1. License Required that "every person engaged or intending to engage in any calling, business, occupation or profession listed in the rate classification index portion of this ordinance, in whole or in part, within the limits of the City of Easley South Carolina, is required to pay an annual license fee and obtain a business license as herein provided." INSIDE CITY BUSINESSES Businesses located within the city limits of Easley are required to report all revenues generated from whatever source to the City at renewal. There is a misconception that only revenues specifically generated within the city limits have to be reported. In fact it matters not where they were generated. All revenue must be reported. There are no deductions allowed. However, there are exemptions allowed for gross revenues and business license fee's paid to other municipalities. These exemptions are only allowed if proof of such is presented at renewal. OUT- OF- CITY CONTRACTORS (not headquartered within the City) All out-of-city contractors are required to have a City of Easley business license if performing work within the city limits. These contractors are not licensed on an annual basis. They are licensed on a "per job" basis. A license issued for a job for a certain location would not be valid if the contractor moves to another location. Any sub-contractor working for a general contractor must also obtain a business license based on their contract amount. PENALTIES FOR NOT OBTAINING A BUSINESS LICENSE Penalties for not obtaining a City of Easley business license can be severe. Fines may be issued up to $ 1,087.50 per infraction per day and a summons to appear in Municipal Court will be issued.  BENEFIT TO THE CITY During fiscal year 7/1/06 through 6/30/07 the business license office issued 2,155 licenses and collected $ 1,113,000 in business license fees. Please contact the Finance office for additional information regarding business licensing.