{"id":1314,"date":"2024-05-17T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/?page_id=1314"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:10:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T00:10:04","slug":"bothell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/tax-guides\/city\/bothell\/","title":{"rendered":"Bothell B&#038;O Taxes FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Does Bothell collect B&amp;O tax?<\/strong> No, the city of Bothell does not have a local Business and Occupation (B&amp;O) tax. However, businesses operating in Bothell may still be subject to Washington state&#8217;s B&amp;O tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will I need to buy a business license if my office isn&#8217;t in Bothell?<\/strong> Yes, if you are conducting business activities within Bothell city limits, you are required to obtain a Bothell business license even if your office is located elsewhere. The cost of the license fee is determined by four factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Number of employees working in Bothell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type\/category of business activity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Square footage of commercial space occupied in Bothell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any special licensing classifications that apply<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The license fee schedule and details on calculating your specific costs based on the above criteria can be found on the City of Bothell&#8217;s Business Licensing page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s important to familiarize yourself with Bothell&#8217;s business licensing requirements and regulations, even for companies headquartered outside of the city. Consult the municipal code or contact the city&#8217;s licensing division if you have any other questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@claybanks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clay Banks<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/lake-near-snow-mountain-range-AcbIlrg13Hs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does Bothell collect B&amp;O tax? No, the city of Bothell does not have a local Business and Occupation (B&amp;O) tax. However, businesses operating in Bothell may still be subject to Washington state&#8217;s B&amp;O tax. Will I need to buy a business license if my office isn&#8217;t in Bothell? Yes, if you are conducting business activities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6993,"parent":978,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"content-sidebar","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1314","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6994,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1314\/revisions\/6994"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}